Stories from under the Big Sky
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Special Assignment
On the trail with Flathead Search and Rescue
Posted 7:21 AM 5/14/2012 by Justine Judge (KPAX News)
COLUMBIA FALLS- Montana might be known best for its great outdoors and as a destination for nature lovers and thrill seekers. But, if you're not careful, it's also a place where you could find yourself in trouble or go missing.
But, a group of canines and their handlers in the Flathead (More) • Video (1)
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Helena News
Urban chicken owners get tips in Helena
Posted 9:53 PM 5/13/2012 by Evan Weborg (KXLH Helena)
HELENA- Helena residents who own urban chickens got some tips about how to raise them on Saturday as people with just a few of the birds all the way to those with 60 chickens attended Poultry Workshop.
Sustainable poultry specialist Jim Adkins says the idea of raising your own chickens in (More)
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Montana Outdoors
Flathead camp grounds opening for the summer
Posted 9:46 PM 5/13/2012 by Katy Harris (KAJ News)
KALISPELL- Summer is on the way and that means that campgrounds in Flathead National Forest are opening up for the season.
The Tally Lake, Big Creek, Emery Bay, Holland and Swan Lake campgrounds all opened to the public over the weekend while Doris Point Boat Launch is also open for (More)
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Montana Outdoors
Team trains for Montana backcountry rescues
Posted 6:49 PM 5/13/2012 by Christina Lysacek (KBZK Bozeman)
BOZEMAN- Gallatin County's Search and Rescue alpine team practices different scenarios they may encounter in a real rescue situation out at Hyalite.
"What we're doing is, we get to the patient and then we lower the patient down and put the patient on a guideline to get them across the ski (More)
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Montana Outdoors
MT group seeks to block helicopter use to herd bison
Posted 5:01 PM 5/11/2012 by Marnee Banks (KXLH Helena)
HELENA- A non-profit group is asking a federal court judge to stop the state from using helicopters to herd bison.
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed the injunction this week claiming the use of low flying helicopters to herd bison negatively impacts grizzly bears.
The Montana (More)
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Montana Outdoors
Yellowstone Park's south entrance opens Friday
Posted 8:39 AM 5/11/2012 by News Staff (KTVQ Billings)
WEST YELLOWSTONE- The South Entrance to Yellowstone National Park opens for automobile travel Friday morning at 8 a.m., allowing spring visitors from the Jackson, Wyoming, area access to Lake and Old Faithful.
The roads from the park's North and West Entrances opened as scheduled on April (More)
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Glacier National Park News
Plowing continues on Going to the Sun Road
Posted 6:56 AM 5/11/2012 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ News)
EAST GLACIER- Crews are making slow but steady progress in getting last winter's snow off of Glacier National Park's famed Going to the Sun Road.
Plowing crews are working near Siyeh Bend on the east side of the park with a Glacier spokesperson saying the earliest possible opening date for (More) • Video (1)
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Living with Wolves
Proposed MT wolf hunt changes draw comments
Posted 8:15 PM 5/10/2012 by Marnee Banks (KXLH Helena)
HELENA- Dozens of people turned out for a meeting in Helena on Thursday to voice their opinions about how the state is proposing to manage wolves.
The biggest change that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is proposing is the removal of wolf quotas and instead allowing for a general (More) • Video (1)
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Montana Outdoors
FWP to start study of MT bison management plan
Posted 1:26 PM 5/10/2012 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
HELENA- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks managers are starting a three year effort to come up with a statewide plan for managing bison as another of Montana's wildlife species. Bison have been managed in places like Yellowstone National Park and the National Bison Range for decades as (More)
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Living with Wolves
Montana FWP proposes wolf hunt changes
Posted 11:00 AM 5/10/2012 by Marnee Banks (KXLH Helena)
HELENA- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are proposing a more aggressive wolf hunting season for 2012.
Historically the state has set quotas for wolf management units around the state. But FWP now wants to go to a general hunting season and allow for trapping.
This (More) • Video (1)
