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Contractors broke ground this winter on a Highway 93 construction project that will reconfigure the road’s route through the town of Ronan in western Montana.
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Glacier National Park announced Monday the re-opening of Avalanche Campground in Spring 2023. The campground which is located off of the Going to the Sun Road has been closed since 2020.
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The moon lit up my yard that morning, when I went out with the dogs at 6:30. Recently fallen snow in the surrounding Sapphire foothills reflected the full moon’s light. I could see almost as well as during the day. The horses in the pasture watched us, as I’m sure they do each morning, though we usually can’t see them. The trees and shrubs glowed in the bluish predawn.
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Vehicle reservations for Glacier National Park will be available online starting Wednesday.
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Glacier National Park’s vehicle registration entry program is expanding next year. So, visitors will now need to book in advance to drive into all the park’s main entrances.
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There were 47 grizzly bear mortalities in northwest Montana this year, which is just below the record-breaking numbers from the recent past. Experts say some of those bears appeared to have a brain disease which has not been seen in this population.
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Glacier National Park officials are considering whether to expand a ticket reservation system for entry to new areas of the park.
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A Montana judge has temporarily restricted wolf hunting and trapping near Yellowstone and Glacier national parks and imposed tighter statewide limits on killing the predators, over concerns that looser hunting rules adopted last year in the Republican-controlled state could harm their population.
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Federal agencies announced their plans to reintroduce grizzly bears into the northern Cascade Mountains in Washington that could come from northwest Montana.
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High winds with gusts up to 70 mph are expected this weekend along the Rocky Mountain Front.