John McLaughlin

Montana’s spring hunt for nonnative wild turkey starts five days later this season.

Montana’s spring hunt for nonnative wild turkey starts five days later this season.

Franz Ingelfinger transitioned last month from restoration ecologist to Kalispell’s area wildlife biologist.

A bottler of Flathead Valley artesian water will at least get to keep its grandfathered-in status within an expanded agricultural district near Creston — losing a host of recent cross-appeals.

A bottler of Flathead Valley artesian water will at least get to keep its grandfathered-in status within an expanded agricultural district near Creston — losing a host of recent cross-appeals.

A bottler of Flathead Valley artesian water will at least get to keep its grandfathered-in status within an expanded agricultural district near Creston — losing a host of recent cross-appeals.

Applicants with an open mind are sought for a new group to help pin down a formal ruling on boat wakes at Church Slough, state officials said Monday.

One of Montana’s smallest agencies offers one of its biggest election bouts this year following recent legislative audit scrutiny.

If recent data from peamouth chub and other fish hold valid insight — and at least, biologists in Montana believe they do — selenium levels at Lake Koocanusa reach as high as 250% of what’s allowed in Montana waters.

Feral swine appear to be rooting up in Montana — and invasive species officials say they will be ramping up Big Sky’s “Squeal on Pigs!” campaign in the Flathead Valley and surrounding area.