13+ hour, 27+ min ago  (698+ words) A bison grazes through the tall grass at the CSKT Bison Range on Thursday, June 25. (Emily Messer/Leader) A momma bear heads down the hill to find her two mischievous cubs climbing a tree at the CSKT Bison Range. (Emily…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago  (641+ words) The field behind Bev's Bloomers south of Ronan was filled with water from overflowing Crow Creek on June 1. (Emily Messer/Leader) Montana's snowpack rapidly melted with warm temperatures in May, and by June 1 was largely below 50% of median, a considerable…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (739+ words) The Flathead River, shown here Sunday at a popular boat put-in near Dixon, was flowing at nearly 46, 000 cubic feet per second following a rainy weekend. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader) The field behind Bev's Bloomers was filled with water from overflowing Crow…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (252+ words) Mission Mountain Audubon's next community program asks, "What about moths? ," at 7 p. m. Thursday, May 21 in the Polson Library Meeting Room. Mat Seidensticker will share his moth-related research on MPG Ranch and his ground-breaking Montana Moth Project. He'll discuss moth natural history…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (741+ words) There's still snow in Glacier National Park, which feeds the Flathead Basin watershed -- and bike riding opportunities too, as these cyclists discovered while pedaling up Going-to-the-Sun Road on Mother's Day weekend, while it's still closed to cars and buses. (Kristi…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (765+ words) The vault toilets are entirely concrete structures made by Missoula Concrete Construction and are the same vaults used by the U. S. Forest Service. (Courtesy of CSKT Wildland Recreation Program) The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Wildland Recreation Program is using grant…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (635+ words) Ecologists understand that each species occupies a "niche" in the environment where the right living conditions (defined by temperature and moisture), resources (including food, water and shelter), and lack of competition from other species allow populations to survive and reproduce....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (198+ words) Lake County Leader Audubon program explores reservation's avian diversity "Avian biodiversity of the Flathead Nation" is the topic of the Mission Mountain Audubon's next community program, 7 p. m. Thursday, April 16, in the Polson Library. Cara Thompson, a wildlife biologist for the Confederated…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (327+ words) Four members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Natural Resources staff were recently recognized with statewide awards for their decades of leadership in fisheries and wildlife conservation. Les Evarts, Barry Hansen and Cindy Benson were honored with the Montana…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1087+ words) A low foggy cloud lifts from Flathead Lake during sunrise on Friday, Feb. 13. (Emily Messer/Leader) Jeremy Newell felt relief when he saw the weekly forecast called for near-50-degree days in the first week of February. " Newell had nothing…...