SEELY LAKE, Mont. — A hunter killed a grizzly bear in self defense on Saturday after an encounter south of Placid Lake in the Seeley-Swan Valley. The hunter was unharmed in the encounter, and Montana ...

SEELY LAKE, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking information on vandalism in The Nature Conservancy lands in the Placid Lake area near Spook Lake. There is an estimated $4,000 of damage ...

SEELEY LAKE – A grizzly bear was killed by a hunter on Saturday, Nov. 2 after an encounter south of Placid Lake in the Seeley-Swan Valley. The hunter reported the bear charging him at close distance, ...

Plum Creek Timber Co. has agreed to sell 117,152 acres around Placid Lake and the Gold Creek drainage northeast of Missoula to the Nature Conservancy for $85 million. “They are among the most ...

SALMON LAKE – The start of 2016 put all of Montana’s winter tricks on display Friday, from hoar frost in the trees to fresh perch on the frozen lakes. “I caught one hammer-handle,” Missoula ice ...