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Helena - The Governor's Grizzly Bear Advisory Council is convening for its first meeting next month in Helena. The council will gather Oct. 3-4 at the Kleffner Ranch, 305 Montana Highway 518, in East Helena. The meeting is open to the public. The inaugural meeting will cover the objectives and structure of the council and set the stage for the group's work over the next year. The meeting will feature presentations on grizzly bear biology and ecology, management, and legal spec...
If you have not checked your license and carcass tags in a while, please do so well in advance of your hunting trip to ensure they haven't faded. Hunters and anglers with faded licenses can have them replaced at no cost at their regional Fish, Wildlife & Parks office. Replacement at a FWP office for faded licenses does not count against the number of replacements an individual is allowed. Faded licenses can also be mailed to FWP for replacement: P.O. Box 200701, Helena, MT 596...
Please note that a few language changes and clarifications were included in the 2019 hunting regulations. Those changes include: Archery Equipment (MCA 87-6-401) Addition to legal Hunting Bow wording: Camera devices attached to bows for the sole purpose of filming is allowed. Evidence of Sex:It is unlawful to destroy evidence of the sex of a game animal so as to make the determination of the sex of the game animal uncertain.FWP recommends leaving evidence of sex naturally...
Drivers in the Lincoln area arrested for driving under the influence won't have a chance to sober up before having their blood drawn, thanks to a new contract approved by the Lewis and Clark County Commissioners last week. Commissioner Susan Good Geise told the Upper Blackfoot Community Council that the commission approved the contract with the Lincoln Volunteer Ambulance to provide local on-call blood draws for alcohol testing, rather than forcing deputies or Highway Patrol...
In our Sept. 11 issue, we misidentified Jim Phennicie as Jim Charron. We also forgot to include the photo credit on the image that accompanied the story on Bushwackers. Theimage was created by Elyssa Longston of Lost Creek Memories. We apologize for the oversights....
OVANDO – More than 50 people attended a citizen-initiated meeting at the Ovando School Sept. 16 to discuss the Powell County Ambulance Service levy that the voters approved last November. Ovando and Helmville residents expressed their concern that they would be paying taxes for a service they do not receive. While Powell County Commissioners and the Deer Lodge Medical Center CEO addressed some concerns, many questions were left unanswered. Another meeting is scheduled Sept. 3...
Meet Tracey Youbles, the new smiling face at the Lincoln Post Office. Youbles took over as Lincoln's postal clerk, a position held for many years by Teresa Sutton, who earlier this month moved to Wisconsin with her husband John to be closer to family. Youbles began working for the United States Postal Service last December. She started in Helmville, then accepted a position at the Ovando branch. While there, she would also occasionally help at the Seeley Lake location before a...
At the beginning of September, The Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society officially took ownership of property along Highway 200 in Lincoln that will become the new home for the historic Matt King House and the Historical Society. The property will allow the UBVHS to move forward with efforts to reconstruct the building, which was taken down in 2015 and moved from its original location west of Sucker Creek Road. For the last five years, the disassembled structure has been...
Hi Country is officially under new ownership for the first time since it was founded in 1976 and Travis Byerly has big plans for the future of the brand, Byerly took over full ownership of the meat snack company earlier this month after Lewis and Clark County commissioners approved a loan servicing agreement for part of the funding package for the purchase that Byerly has been working toward for about two years. Until this month, he had been a minority stakeholder, owning...
MISSOULA – As days become shorter and temperatures drop, the Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation (DNRC) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encourage hunters and campers to be cautious with their warming or campfires. Despite the changing weather conditions, vegetation will dry back out this fall and a spark from a warming or campfire could ignite a destructive wildfire. "Over the years on walks through the forest, I have come across more than a few a...
HELENA - Montana's millions of acres of private land offer some excellent hunting opportunities-the only catch is gaining the landowner's permission to hunt. It is Montana law that hunters obtain landowner permission to hunt on all private land. Here are a few things to keep in mind that will greatly improve results when attempting to secure hunting access to private land. • Show courtesy to the landowner and make hunting arrangements by calling or visiting at times c...
HELENA - What you need to know about chronic wasting disease in Montana: CWD is a contagious neurological disease that infects deer, elk and moose. It is always fatal and there is no known cure. It was first found in Montana in 2017. It is not known to infect humans, but it is strongly recommended that humans not eat meat from infected animals. CWD can cause large declines in deer and elk populations. Symptoms include poor body condition, excessive salivation and drooling,...
Although most hunters respect the land, property, and wildlife they are hunting, many others do not. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would like to remind hunters and all outdoor enthusiasts to be good stewards of the land, and respect both private and public property. The FWP Region 6 Citizens Advisory Committee, recognizing that this is an ongoing issue, raised the need for more public outreach. Every hunting season, there are reports of vandalizing of Block Management Area...
The Lincoln Airport has become a lot more visible in the last couple weeks, following the removal of the trees and old building east of the aviation facility’s main gate. “Everybody hated to see the trees go away, but that’s what had to happen,” Jerry Cain, the de facto caretaker and long-time promoter of the Lincoln Airport, said. The area was cleared and work has been underway to construct a new looped taxiway behind the existing row of hangars, The work is designed to add space for up to 24 new hangars at the airport...
The Lincoln Valley Chamber of Commerce met for their regular monthly meeting Thursday, Sept. 12 to discuss several upcoming events, fundraising needs and the future of the organization. The Chamber has been able to help promote and financially support several events in the community each year, including the Brewery Follies performance, the Community Benefit, Light up Lincoln and Skijoring. They are also responsible for the annual Fireworks Show, which is partially funded by...
Representatives from the partner agencies involved in the cleanup of Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex gathered at the repository along Highway 279 Thursday, Sept. 5 to celebrate the arrival of the final load of contaminated material from cleanup effort that began actively removing waste from the Mike Horse area in 2014. "The hauling is done," said Dave Bowers, the UBMC Project Manager for DEQ. "Highway 200 is going to be free from our menace pretty much for good now. And the...
Bushwackers Steakhouse & Saloon reopened to the public on Friday, August 30, just in time for the busy Labor Day Weekend. Dan Lerum returned to Lincoln after surgery on the coast this summer and decided to re-open the doors due to an outpouring of people who requested him to do so. He considers their opening night a success and was thrilled with the positive response from the community. The establishment was previously owned by Lerum and leased to Steve & Leona Cannon...
The Lewis and Clark County Commission approved an agreement Thursday, Sept. 5 that would end the county's relationship with PureView Health Center. The PureView Board of Directors voted June 5 to end the 25-year partnership with the county and to begin operating as an independent nonprofit effective March 1, 2020, but news of their decision raised concerns from the Lincoln Hospital District about PureView's future at Parker Medical Center. PureView held their September board m...
After a two year hiatus, the Blackfoot Challenge will again host their annual Trumpeter Swan Release Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Rolling Stone Ranch in Ovando. This annual event offers the public a rare opportunity to take an up-close look at Trumpeter Swans and learn about their biology, habitat, and recovery in the Blackfoot watershed. This year, attendees will also be able to purchase raffle tickets for the opportunity to release a swan themselves the morning-of. Releases...
LINCOLN, MONT., August. 30, 2019-The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest released its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Record of Decision for the Stonewall Vegetation Project. The release of these documents begins a 45-day objection period. "This has been a marathon process, especially when we identified the need to reevaluate conditions in the project area after the Park Creek Fire. However, we needed to take the extra time to re-analyze...
What is chronic wasting disease? Where in Montana has it been found? What is Fish, Wildlife and Parks doing about CWD? What can hunters do about CWD? Answers to these questions and more will be offered at a CWD program at Montana WILD Sept. 26 from 6 to 7 p.m. FWP Game Management Bureau Chief John Vore will give a presentation on CWD and will demonstrate how hunters can remove their harvested animal's special lymph nodes that can be tested for CWD. The program begins at 6...
Lincoln’s aging sewer system is getting a much-needed upgrade with the help of two loans for the State Revolving Fund approved last month. Governor Steve Bullock officially announced the approval of $538,900 in loans in an Aug. 26 press release. The Lincoln Sewer District received one 30-year SRF loan for $430,000 with a 2.5 percent interest rate, a second $108,900 SRF loan that may be forgiven if the district meets certain conditions and a $125,000 Renewable Resource Grant from DNRC for the project. According to the press r...
While it's been a busy summer at the park, September is historically the busiest time of the year for Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild. For three weeks beginning Sept. 9, BPSW will host two artists, Stuart Ian Frost and Alison Stigora, for the park's 2019 Artist in Residence program. Visitors to the park will be able to see the work in progress as the artists work on their sculptures, and volunteers are welcome to assist the artists throughout their residency. Frost...
Lincoln Firefighters spent several hours Thursday evening, Aug. 22, battling a fire burning deep inside a large cottonwood on the southeast corner of the Sleepy Hollow Trailer Park, at the edge of town next to Stemple Pass Road. Lincoln Fire Chief Zach Muse said the fire was most likely a holdover from a lightning strike on July 13. He said a limb from the tree fell onto the road that day, but at the time it wasn't clear the tree had been hit by lightning. "It was just a...
The Lewis and Clark County Heritage Tourism Council held their August meeting in Lincoln, with members taking the opportunity to visit the historic Lincoln Gulch Cemetery and meet with the newly established Lincoln Cemetery District Board of Trustees. The Lewis and Clark County Commission approved a resolution April 20 to formally create the administrative board for Lincoln's two cemeteries, a decision that ended a process begun in 2016 with the transfer of the old Lincoln Gul...
