Recreation

The act would add about 78,000 acres of wilderness to the Bob Marshall, Scapegoat and Mission Mountains wilderness areas and create two recreation management areas for snowmobiling and mountain biking.

The option agreement approved on Tuesday sets the purchase price for the 160-acre Izzy Dog parcel at $1.8 million.

Without the right gear, mindset, and abilities, you could end up as a human popsicle.

You'll have to do a lot more work these days to get the hell away from other people in Montana, but IT IS still possible. We just have to adjust our destinations and find legal lands or State Parks that aren't at the top of everyone's list.

The Missoula Family YMCA has expanded it’s after school programs to the newest elementary school in the city, Jeanette Rankin Elementary.

A study released recently at the University of Montana Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research revealed the chief reasons for outside development to come into Montana.

At a recent U.S. Senate hearing, Montana’s Jon Tester promoted the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, a plan to preserve 79,000 acres of public lands.

A Montana conservation trust has raised $1 million toward buying a rugged 4,200-acre triangle on Missoula's south side, sparking excitement among runners, mountain bikers and others who see potential for using the area that is 1,000 acres bigger than the rest of the city's open space lands combined.

Most people are going to have a hard time disagreeing that Montana is one of the very best places to live in the United States, but that doesn't mean there aren't some easy ways to make Montanans hot under the collar about our home.

Splash Montana officially opened its doors at 11:30 a.m. Friday. People waited in line to get in.