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by Hungry Horse News
| December 30, 2014 7:57 AM

Living with wildlife

Flathead Audubon will host a free talk by Elke Duerr about coexistence among humans, wild animals and nature in the United Way Conference Room, Gateway Community Center, U.S. 2 West, in Kalispell, on Monday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. Duerr is a filmmaker, conservationist and founder and director of the nonprofit Web of Life Foundation. To learn more about Duerr’s work, visit online at www.weboflifefoundation.net.

Fly tying

The Flathead Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited will offer free fly tying classes in the Kalispell Middle School library for five consecutive Mondays starting Jan. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. Beginning and advanced classes will be available. Students should provide their own tools, although loaner tool kits will be available. All materials and fly hooks will be furnished. For more information, call Jim Johnson at 837-3210 or visit online at http://flatheadtu.org.

Winter classes

The Glacier Institute has added three new courses for the winter season: “North Fork Animal Tracking and Sign Interpretation” on Saturday, Jan. 10, with experienced tracker Brian Baxter, cost $65; and “Winter Birds of Prey” on Saturday, March 7, with rough-legged hawks, golden eagles and great gray owls during the winter months, cost $65. For more information, call 406-755-1211 or visit online at www.glacierinstitute.org.