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Mack Days: Anglers reel in nearly 9,000 lake trout by week 5
There are still five weeks left in the 2024 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake. A total of 8,730 lake trout entries have been entered so far in this event.Up to $200,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded on Nov. 3, the last day of the event. These events are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and are used as a management tool in a fish conservation effort to reduce non-native lake trout in Flathead Lake and increase the native bull trout and westslope cutthroat. The events are designed to give everyone who catches even...
Forecast shows healthy numbers for big game hunting season
Big game survival and recruitment in Northwest Montana showed positive trends this spring, according to a hunting forecast by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, released as hunting season falls upon the Flathead Valley. “In general, we feel like we have good recruitment,” said Dillon Tabish, the Region 1 regional communication and education program manager for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. “Spring surveys appear to be positive and so we are excited for hunting season.” Montana’s elk and deer archery season opened Sept. 7 and runs through Oct. 20. The general rifle season opens Oct. 26 and wraps up Dec. 1. While recruitment...
Photos from Flathead Nation students on display at Bigfork library
Photographers from the Salish Kootenai College and Two Eagle River School joined library staff and patrons last week to celebrate their work being on display at the new Bigfork branch of Flathead County Library. Art Vision & Outreach in Community Education, or A VOICE, is a nonprofit that works with the high school and college to provide artistic educational opportunities for students. Photos on display at the Bigfork library are part of the organization’s REzMaDe project, which was also recently shown in the annual Photoville festival in New York City’s Brooklyn Park. “What was cool about today is that the...
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