Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
FWP’s Foys Bend Property Will Open to Limited Public Hunting
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Two whitetail deer are framed by cottonwoods on the FWP Foys Bend property on Thursday, November 19th |
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ recently acquired 245-acre Foys Bend Fisheries Conservation Area east of Kalispell will be open to limited permission-only public hunting starting Friday November 27th. Deer, upland bird and waterfowl hunting will be available through the end of the big game season on November 29. Deer hunting is limited to use of shotgun, muzzleloader, traditional handgun, cross bow, or archery. After November 29, the area will be open to upland bird and waterfowl hunting through January 15, 2010 based on standard Montana hunting regulations.
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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Lone Pine State Park Expands Season for Educational Programs
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Lone Pine State Park Ranger Mary Beth Chappelow stands in front of the newly remolded Lone Pine State Park Visitor Center |
Lone Pine State Park Ranger Mary Beth Chappelow has been busy hosting students in spring and fall outdoor programs at Lone Pine State Park south of Kalispell. And now, because of the popularity of these outdoor field trips, the programs will be available year-around.
This past spring and fall, 1,124 local students took part in the field trips at Lone Pine. The programs are offered free of charge to students across northwest Montana. Students hailed from schools in Kalispell, Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Bigfork, Polson, Creston, and others. These students learned about insects, natural history, mammals, and forest management. Ages range from pre-K through 12th grade, but the majority of students are 2nd and 3rd-graders.
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This past spring and fall, 1,124 local students took part in the field trips at Lone Pine. The programs are offered free of charge to students across northwest Montana. Students hailed from schools in Kalispell, Whitefish, Columbia Falls, Bigfork, Polson, Creston, and others. These students learned about insects, natural history, mammals, and forest management. Ages range from pre-K through 12th grade, but the majority of students are 2nd and 3rd-graders.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Bull Trout Redd Counts Completed In The Flathead System
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Area of gravel worked by migratory bull trout forming a "redd" or nest in a Middle Fork of the Flathead River tributary within the Great Bear Wilderness. |
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks field crews completed the 2009 bull trout redd (nest) counts between September 29 and October 30. The index sections in tributaries for all three major populations (Flathead, Swan, and Hungry Horse Reservoir) were surveyed this year, under good conditions. The same stream sections are counted each year and represent a portion of the total bull trout spawning-run. According to FWP Fisheries Biologist Tom Weaver, the Middle and North Fork Flathead redd counts were about average for the past decade, while counts in the South Fork Flathead and Swan drainages were below average for the past decade.
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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Northwest Montana Hunting Opener
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Biologist John Vore checks a 6-point bull elk at the Swan Check Station on opening day of big game hunting season in northwest Montana. |
Hunters took to the field yesterday across northwest Montana for the opener of the general deer and elk season. At the six northwest Montana check stations, a total of 2,566 hunters checked 83 white-tailed deer, 12 mule deer, and 19 elk for a 4.4 percent rate of hunters with game. This compares to a 4.0 percent rate of hunters with game last year. Of the whitetails checked, 34 were bucks and 49 were antlerless. Fewer B-tags were available this year, and could be part of the reason for relatively low harvest of antlerless whitetails.
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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
CFAC Offers Limited Youth And Disabled Hunting Opportunity
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Warden Captain, Lee Anderson, examines the boundaries of the the new CFAC youth and disabled block management hunting area. |
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company recently enrolled approximately 900 Acres of their property into Montana’s Block Management Program for youth and disabled hunting opportunities by written permission only. The property is located just east of Columbia Falls along the south edge of the Flathead River.
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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
FWP, Plum Creek, Stoltze Remind Hunters To Follow Lands Policy
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Hunter enjoying the outdoors |
Hunters in northwest Montana have benefited for years from access to 715,000 acres of Plum Creek timberlands. FWP and Plum Creek are party to a block management agreement that ensures public access. Hunters have also enjoyed access to F.H. Stoltze lands in northwest Montana. Stoltze maintains a block management agreement on approximately 13,000 acres of their land with FWP that will help increase enforcement of rules and continued public access.
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Great Northern Cycles
Great Northern Cycles is Moving! Join the Celebration!
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Hard to believe this is the final week at our current location ...
... and to celebrate the last day we are having a Block Party on Oct. 16.
The Friday Block Party will begin at 5 p.m. and will include a multitude of events, including a kids race, longest skid competition, bike limbo and cruiser crit, just to name a few. Live music will be provided by Parts Per Million and pizza by Second Street. There are raffles and the grand prize is a Felt cruiser!
... and get this we this, starting Friday morning, October 16th from 10am to 10pm everything in the shop will be 50% off (remaining 2009 bikes/skis 30%off) don't make me move it!
Hope to see you at the Party!
more info here
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... and to celebrate the last day we are having a Block Party on Oct. 16.
The Friday Block Party will begin at 5 p.m. and will include a multitude of events, including a kids race, longest skid competition, bike limbo and cruiser crit, just to name a few. Live music will be provided by Parts Per Million and pizza by Second Street. There are raffles and the grand prize is a Felt cruiser!
... and get this we this, starting Friday morning, October 16th from 10am to 10pm everything in the shop will be 50% off (remaining 2009 bikes/skis 30%off) don't make me move it!
Hope to see you at the Party!
more info here
Great Northern Cycling Club
A Tasting of Bike’s You’ll Probably Never See …
Be one of the first to see some of the hottest new bikes and bike components coming out next season. Great Northern Cycles staff just returned from Interbike (bicycle trade show) in Las Vegas and a few of the highlights of the show are included in this video. If you have about nine minutes have a look, or come by the shop and we will tell you all about it.
