Outdoor news
Bull trout talk
The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park will host a free presentation on the feasibility of suppressing invasive lake trout in remote backcountry lakes to maintain healthy native bull trout populations at the Community Building in the Park’s Headquarters District on Tuesday, March 10, from noon to 1 p.m. Glacier Park fisheries biologist Carter Fredenberg will present recent research that examines the effectiveness of suppressing invasive lake trout in Quartz Lake. The study was conducted in partnership between Glacier Park and the U.S. Geological Survey. Carter received a master’s degree in fish and wildlife management from Montana State University in 2014 and spent seven years with the U.S. Geological Survey as a fisheries technician in Glacier Park. He recently joined the National Park Service as a fisheries biologist.
Yellowstone carnivores
The Montana Wilderness Association and Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation will host a free talk by Steve Primm on “The wild is consequential: Grizzlies, people and sharing the land” at the Flathead Valley Community College, Art & Technology Building on Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. Primm will share his experiences working on grizzly and wolf recovery around Yellowstone National Park.
Hunter education
All students taking Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks hunter education classes must register online by visiting http://fwp.mt.gov and clicking on “Education.” Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1985 must complete the course to buy a hunting license in Montana. Students must be at least 11 years old. In Columbia Falls, all students must attend a brief mandatory orientation at the Columbia Falls Fire Hall on Tuesday, March 24, from 6-8 p.m. Students must have their permission slip. Classes will be held at the Columbia Falls High School from 7-9 p.m. on April 9, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 and 23. The field course will be held April 25. The test night will be April 27. For more information, call lead instructor Ray Garth at 862-9100.
Weed workshop
The Flathead Conservation District will hold a weed workshop at the Flathead Valley Community College on March 4 and 11 designed for local community members who own 5 to 50 acres. Presenters will include Dawn Lafleur with Glacier National Park, Kima Caddell with the Montana Department of Agriculture, Tris Hoffman with the Forest Service, Steve Robinson with the Flathead County Weed Department, and Andy Lybec with CHS. Topics will include identification, equipment, chemicals and non-chemical control options. The workshops will take place in the Arts & Technology building from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call Kari Musgrove at 752-4220.
Bowhunter ed
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will offer a free bowhunter education class in Columbia Falls with classroom sessions at the Teakettle Community Center on Nucleus Avenue ini Columbia Falls on June 11 and 12 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and June 13 from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Field days for adults only will be held at the Flathead Valley Clay Target Club on Saturday, May 9, and Saturday, July 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All first-time bowhunters regardless of age must complete the course to purchase an archery stamp in Montana. Register online at www.fwp.mt.gov by clicking “Education.” For more information, contact instructor Dave Yeats at 892-4527.
Wild walk
Glacier National Park Volunteer Associates will host a talk by Chris Peterson called “A Walk on the Wild Side,” about a 200-mile hike retracing part of a 288-mile hike Bob Marshall took 86 years ago, at the Central School Museum in Kalispell on Monday, March 23, starting at 7 p.m.