Cosmopolitan magazine has named Kalispell native and professional kayaker Brad Ludden as its readers' choice Hottest Bachelor of 2008.
The 27-year-old Ludden, who now lives in Colorado, competed with men from every state and appears in the magazine's November issue. The world-renowned kayaker has donated his $10,000 prize to First Descents, the outdoor adventure camp he founded in 2001 for young adults with cancer.
Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation Annual Fundraisers
FVSEF Presents Flicks And Food
Two things pump up the skier adrenaline preseason: falling snow and ski flicks. For annual fundraisers, Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation provides the visual fuel for ski and snowboard junkies to amp up the excitement for the upcoming winter.
The latest Warren Miller flick rolls into town this weekend, Nov. 14-15. Children of Winter pounds out the rhythms of Cream's "White Room" as skiers and snowboarders sink turns head deep into powder. The film rounds up snow footage from Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Alaska. It throws in exotic locations, too, such as Austria, Japan, and Iceland—all blended to celebrate winter.
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The latest Warren Miller flick rolls into town this weekend, Nov. 14-15. Children of Winter pounds out the rhythms of Cream's "White Room" as skiers and snowboarders sink turns head deep into powder. The film rounds up snow footage from Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Alaska. It throws in exotic locations, too, such as Austria, Japan, and Iceland—all blended to celebrate winter.
Park Service Rejects Proposal
BNSF Denied Avalanche Blasting In Glacier Park
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A Burlington Northern Santa Fe engine pulls cars from the Glacier Park area in this file photo. -Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
About four years after the question first arose, the National Park Service issued a final rejection last week of a BNSF Railway proposal to blast snow in Glacier National Park’s avalanche chutes above train routes, leaving the question of what steps the railroad will take instead to mitigate danger from sliding snow.
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New Park
Park Planned on Flathead Lake’s North Shore
A state board Monday authorized buying 160 acres to establish a state park and wildlife area on Flathead Lake's north shore, a place that is on a Montana priority list for conservation.
With the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission's approval of the deal, authorization by the state Land Board is the last remaining step for the purchase of land on the north shore about 10 miles southeast of Kalispell. Cost to the state would be $1.8 million, with another $100,000 or so coming from donations and other sources, state parks director Joe Maurier said.
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With the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission's approval of the deal, authorization by the state Land Board is the last remaining step for the purchase of land on the north shore about 10 miles southeast of Kalispell. Cost to the state would be $1.8 million, with another $100,000 or so coming from donations and other sources, state parks director Joe Maurier said.
Kokanee Spawning
Hatchery Workers Gather 3 Million Salmon Eggs
Workers at the Flathead Lake Salmon Hatchery have gathered about three million eggs from Kokanee salmon in Lake Mary Ronan.
The eggs will help the hatchery supply 1.2 million two-inch kokanee to waters in western Montana as well as eggs to other hatcheries, such as the Big Springs Trout Hatchery in Lewistown.
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The eggs will help the hatchery supply 1.2 million two-inch kokanee to waters in western Montana as well as eggs to other hatcheries, such as the Big Springs Trout Hatchery in Lewistown.
Bear Deaths
‘Management Removals’ Top Cause of NW Bear Deaths
GREAT FALLS – Bear managers have been the No. 1 killers of grizzlies in northwestern Montana over the past decade.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says "management removals" — the killing of bears, primarily for raiding food or killing cattle on private land — are responsible for 58 of the 179 grizzly bears people have killed since 1999. That represents 32 percent of human-caused grizzly bear deaths.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says "management removals" — the killing of bears, primarily for raiding food or killing cattle on private land — are responsible for 58 of the 179 grizzly bears people have killed since 1999. That represents 32 percent of human-caused grizzly bear deaths.
