Glacier national Park

Back in '61, the U.S. Forest Service over in Missoula, dropped 20 of their most elite smokejumpers near a wildfire burning in the Idaho wilderness. Next Tuesday, night, the 7th, the documentary, "Higgins Ridge," will be presented down at Conrad's beautiful Orpheum Theatre...

Our Montana trails were splendid indeed for Kenneth D. Swan. Swan spent his career with the U.S. Forest Service from 1911, to 1947, became a talented photographer renowned for his images of forestry work & wild, wide-open landscapes, & it all comes together with a wonderfully, rich, insightful record of a real forester's life in Region 1-Montana, northern Idaho, & western South Dakota,

Because of the increase in temperatures for the upcoming week, coupled with the low humidity, Blackfeet Fire Manage has initiated Stage 1 Fire Restrictions effective today, the 31st, through next Tuesday, the 6th. Those restrictions are now in place between 11, in the mornings until 6, in the evenings...

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks will be hosting elk management meetings tonight (Wednesday, over in Chester, & tomorrow (Thursday) evening in Choteau. The meetings should gather some ideas pertaining to our "local" elk management issues along with population objectives. FWP pe...

Blackfeet Fire Management reports the Red Flag Warning for Eastern Glacier/Toole/Central/Eastern Pondera/Liberty & Lewis & Clark National Forest Rocky Mountain District-Rocky Mountain Front has been extended until 9, o'clock tomorrow (Thursday) evening. With w...

A Red Flag Warning now in effect until 9, o'clock, tonight (Tuesday.) The affected area incudes Eastern Glacier/Toole/Central/Eastern Pondera/Liberty, Hill & Blain Counties, Lewis & Clark National Forest Rocky Mountain Front, Choteau & Fergus Counties & Central & Eastern Lewis & Clark National Forest area. Today's (Tuesday's) te...

"Good Montana Morning," is a beautiful coffee table presentation that I'll have up for grabs tomorrow, Saturday, morning on Puff Man Sports Trivia. Betsy Cox, owner of the Good Medicine Lodge, over in Whitefish, has shared her award-winning recipes from the 'lodge," featuring the freshest ingredients,& blended the best of regional & international cuisines for a delectable st

Our scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road is officially open for Summer '22! Today's (Wednesday) grand  opening of the full length of the Alpine Highway & today's opening matches its' latest opening dates since it first opened to the public on July 15, 1933.The road...

The book is, "The Spirit of Indian Women," beautifully edited & presented by Judith Fitzgerald & Michael Oren Fitzgerald with an introduction by Janine Pease. Janine's is the founding president of the Little Big Horn College down in Crow Agency. This r...

The beautiful coffee table book, "A History of Montana in 101 Objects" will be up for grabs tomorrow, Saturday morning at 7:30, on Puff Man Sports Trivia. This book from the Montana Historical Society Press in Helena, showcases the remarkable collection of artifacts preserved at our Montana Historical Society...

"Armchair traveling" over to the park...The book I'll have up for grabs tomorrow (Saturday) morning, on Puff Man Sports Trivia is, "The Best of Glacier National Park," a beautiful handy guide book with all the answers & 132 color photographs & 14 locator maps, put together by Montana seasoned naturalist & wilderness ranger, Alan Leftridge. You'll mak...

For more than half a century, grizzly bears roamed free in our national parks without causing a human fatality. This all changed on an August 1967, evening when 2 separate & unrelated campers, a distance apart, were savagely mangled & killed by enraged bears. Tomorr...