Federal land managers are seeking the public’s input as they revise the 2018 Flathead National Forest Plan, proposing to swap land-use designations for over-snow vehicle use by declaring certai...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that ...
Out-of-state visitors to the Treasure State spent nearly $5.5 billion during travel in 2023, money that supports local restaurants, hotels and other tourism-oriented businesses. That’s accordin...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/04/24/tourists-spent-nearly-5-5-billion-in-montana-last-year/
We’re entering the “quiet period” in the uplands. Depending on where you live, game birds are pairing up and breeding. Nesting will soon begin in the southern states. Up north we’re sti...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/04/24/all-quiet-on-the-game-bird-front/
A record proportion of Montana residents report being concerned about their quality of life, new polling data shows, with 62% reporting it has gotten worse in the last five years and 84% describi...
As the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks to defend the state’s water quality standard for pollutants at the U.S.-Canada border — a standard that both the state’s Board...
BILLINGS – The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that’s meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other e...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is seeking feedback on a public lands project that would furnish permanent protections on nearly 33,000 acres of private timberland in northwest Montana whi...
There’s something wrong with the water in Wyoming. “Sure,” you say. “Tell me something I don’t know.” I lived in Wyoming for five years. There are many fine folk residing just south o...
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/04/17/the-kids-are-not-alright/
A 122-acre ranch and wildlife haven in the Mission Valley, once slated for development, has received permanent protection through a conservation easement between the property owner and the Flathe...