Outdoor news

Nordic fundraiser

The North Shore Nordic Club will hold its annual spring fundraising “Thanks for the snow party” at the Garden Bar, in Bigfork, on Friday, March 30, with doors opening at 6 p.m. and the Bad Larrys playing from 7 to 9 p.m. Great Northern Foods will provide a free chili and cornbread dinner. A suggested donation is $10 per person. The North Shore Nordic Club grooms two Nordic ski trail systems — the Blacktail Mountain Nordic Ski Trails and the Bigfork Community Nordic Ski Trails.

Freezout Lake trip

Flathead Audubon will lead a birding trip led by Dan Casey to Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area to witness the spring waterfowl migration on Saturday and Sunday, March 31 and April 1. Freezeout Lake is south of Choteau near the Rocky Mountain Front. Birders may observe snow geese, en route to Arctic nesting grounds numbering 100,000 or more, as well as thousands of swans and many ducks and more than 40 other bird species. Participants should make their own overnight reservations for Saturday night. For more information, call Casey at 857-3143 or e-mail danielcasey55@gmail.com.

Freezout Lake class

The Glacier Institute will present wildlife course titled “White Goose Migration at Freezout Lake” on March 31 through April 1 led by Mike Schwitters. Participants will observe the spring migration of lesser snow and Ross’s geese at the Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area, the primary migration staging area for birds which move in the hundreds of thousands through the Pacific Flyway each spring. The course fee is $175. For more information, call 755-1211 or visit online at www.glacierinstitute.org.