Outdoors
Olympic dreams
Montana mogul skier Landon Gardner training full time for Vancouver games
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Heart Lake trail is a great pre-ski-season hike
One more walk was all I wanted.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Big game harvest mixed in southwest Montana
Harvest of elk was strong during the fourth weekend of the 2009 general big game season in southwest Montana. Deer harvest was below average.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Hunters having success on Rocky Mountain Front
Elk hunters on the Rocky Mountain Front are doing well three weeks into Montana’s five-week, big game season, according to data collected by Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Nov 18, 2009 | 11:25 pm | (0) Comments
Winter survival course to be offered
On Dec. 5 and 6, the Montana Discovery Foundation, Helena National Forest, Lewis & Clark Search and Rescue Association, the Helena Outdoor Club and The Base Camp are sponsoring workshops for the public on winter survival skills.
Nov 18, 2009 | 11:25 pm | (0) Comments
Climber, photographer researching Bitterroot peaks for new guide book
BITTERROOT VALLEY — Mike Hoyt can’t tell you exactly how many trips he took into the high Bitterroots this summer, but he knows it was quite a few.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Outdoors Calendar
The deadline to submit an event for Thursday's outdoors section is Monday. Send information to mkidston@helenair.com.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Missoula’s Cycling House provides fitness vacations
MISSOULA — When Owen Gue sold his 1991 Honda and borrowed $25,000 from his personal credit card to turn his passion into a business, the 24-year-old was keenly aware of the dangerous path he had chosen.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
A flip of the disc
The tee on the fourth hole at the new Helena disc golf course pictures a par-three shot with a slight bend to the right. The flag, or tone, sits 200 yards away, beyond the gulley and the pine trees.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Taxidermist: Handle your harvest with care
BILLINGS - Hunters shouldn't expect Dean Emmick to save their skin.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Anaconda boy shoots mountain lion in self defense
It was the big cat's eyes that haunted Eric Boyd.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Patrollers with passion
Great Divide crew wins prestigious award from national organization
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Colo. Eighth-grader heading to Borneo to work with orangutans
BOULDER, Colo. - The first time Kristen Nordham saw a photo of Irvine, an orphan orangutan living on a reservation in Borneo, she was smitten by the ape's pudgy cheeks and flecked belly.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am
Avoid the tourists, visit less popular Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park, Calif. - Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon get the publicity, and the visitors. But there are plenty of lesser-known national parks that offer gorgeous vistas and pristine back country, far from the maddening crowds.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Outdoor Briefs
Readers: The deadline to submit an event for Thursday's outdoors section is now on Monday. Please send event information to the outdoors editor at mkidston@helenair.com.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
FWP seeks public comment on Russell Gates FAS
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public comment on proposed site improvements at Russell Gates Fishing Access Site on the Blackfoot River.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Wyo. Access Yes program offers more elk hunting
PINEDALE, Wyo. - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says some additional elk hunting opportunities are opening up, thanks to private landowners and the state's Access Yes program.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am
Disease turns up in new hunt area near Ten Sleep
CODY, Wyo. - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says chronic wasting disease has been found in another deer hunt area in the Big Horn Basin.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am
Bear destroyed after raiding nature center
Smiley the mule deer lost his antlers, his cage mate and nearly his life in an encounter with a black bear over the weekend at the Beartooth Nature Center, where a series of attacks have rattled the menagerie's caretakers.
Oct 29, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Missoula leaders approve easement deal for elk haven
MISSOULA (AP) - The Missoula area now has a new public haven for elk and other wild animals.
Oct 29, 2009 | 12:00 am
