Flathead Beacon

A new economic study commissioned by the Meat Institute claims reinstating mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) would cost consumers and the meat supply chain over $1 billion annually, with no evidence to support that assertion. Coming from a mout

With wildfire smoke blanketing the Flathead Valley again this summer, three communities are opening their doors to show residents where - and how - they can find cleaner air. Climate Smart Glacier Country (CSG) will host a series of open houses, or "pop-u

The Whitefish planning commission on Thursday night amended the city's state-mandated 20-year planning document adopted by city council earlier this year by adding language to address impending legislation that will allow for the development of 60-foot bu

Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule threatens over 6 million acres of Montana's pristine public forests. Stripping these critical safeguards invites industrial logging and road building into our last intact backcountry. As a lifelong Monta

As Montanans prepare to vote in the Supreme Court race, the choice between District Judges Dan Wilson and Amy Eddy comes down to fairness and the proper role of a judge. I'm not a lawyer or a politician, just a citizen with a high school diploma, but I kn

Land managers with the Flathead National Forest plan to approve a fuels-reduction project in the Swan Valley near Holland Lake using an emergency determination on the grounds that it lies in a "high-risk fireshed," according to an Aug. 18 decision notice.

As bear activity ramps up heading into fall, Glacier National Park officials have issued a series of closures and warnings at several of their most popular sites, including cordoning off a 7-mile segment of the Highline Trail on Friday and restricting ten

Montana is changing. Our population is growing, communities are expanding, subdivisions are reaching farther into the urban interface, and development is putting increasing pressure on the lands that make Montana special. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates

As the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission sat down Wednesday for its August meeting, Region 1 Commissioner Ian Wargo repeated a comment he had heard earlier - "It's really difficult to manage what you can't measure." With that observation, a nearly 10-h

A multi-generational, family-owned timber company is set to place the last of its entire 130,000-acre Montana timber base under working conservation easements after the state's Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the purchase of 20,629 acres in northwes