recreation

The bipartisan EXPLORE Act includes more than a dozen policy initiatives to enhance and support recreation on public lands

The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests’ snow rangers are offering full moon skiing events this winter.

In August, the city won a grant from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to update and expand the current trailhead at Duncan Drive, with an emphasis on accessibility.

The City of Missoula has notched its side of an agreement to manage Marshall Mountain over the next year before transferring the park's operation and care over to Missoula County.

The latest numbers show Montana's outdoor economy grew 14% and outdoor recreation accounted for 4.3% of Montana's gross domestic product.

Operators and promoters of outdoor recreation companies said at a U.S. Senate hearing that small tourist businesses like theirs are a critical part of the rural U.S. economy facing multiple challenges.

The effects of climate change are already affecting Montana’s outdoor recreation, but with predictions of even more heat and drought by 2050, the outdoor recreation industry stands to lose thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in earnings, according to a new report.

Calling it a legacy project that only comes along once in a generation, the Missoula City Council and Missoula County commissioners on Wednesday approved tapping into the Open Space Bond to purchase 480 acres on Marshall Mountain.

The New Meadows trail system will serve as a one-half mile loop in a new 8-acre park off Mullan Road.

The increasing recreational use - some of it illegal - over the past few years prompted the need for better management than what was occurring under an interim management plan.