Michael Howell

by Michael Howell Public Land Water Access Association (PLWA) has taken action in District Court to force the Ravalli County Commissioners to take down a locked gate on Hughes Creek […]

Work on installing the Stevensville Fishing Access Site began last week with the start of a revegetation project along the riverside access point. The planned development was made possible when […]

About 7 a.m. on Saturday morning October 2, Victor Volunteer firefighters were called to the scene of an automobile accident on Highway 93 south of Victor. The accident happened in […]

Another gate has been erected blocking public access on Hughes Creek Road located above Painted Rocks Reservoir on the West Fork. This one is adorned with a “Warning No Trespassing” […]

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has notified Trout Unlimited and landowners in the area of Mitchell Slough, a 19-mile long spring-fed channel of the Bitterroot River, that it […]

The days are getting shorter, and the leaves are beginning to turn. Autumn is upon us and, for a couple of years now, this time of the seasonal cycle is […]

The Ravalli County Board of Health (BOH) approved a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Board of County Commissioners last Wednesday that was designed to bring it into conformance […]

Hannah Riedl and Ryan Koeblein from the Watershed Protection Section of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality were in the Bitterroot last week collecting algae samples which will undergo laboratory […]

by Michael Howell The Ravalli County Commissioners decided last Wednesday to help kick-start the transition process from the existing Bitterroot College UM to the recently formed Bitterroot Valley Community College […]

by Michael Howell It’s been over five weeks since the Bitter Root Humane Association’s Animal Shelter has been restricted to curbside service. The shelter is not closed and animals can […]

After failing to get legislative approval for establishment of a Bitterroot College District about a decade ago, the University of Montana stepped in and established the Bitterroot College University of […]

The last day for registering objections to the Bitterroot National Forest’s Draft Environmental Assessment and decision notice of finding of no significant impact on the Mud Creek Vegetation Management Project […]

Governor Greg Gianforte was in Stevensville last week where he stopped in at Fort Owen Ranch to check in on activities at the Summit Career Center. The non-profit organization started […]

by Michael Howell Caught under the same heat domes that have brought extremely high temperatures and drought across the West, the Bitterroot River is faring a good deal better than […]

Local residents turned out in droves this year for the annual Field Day at the Western Montana Agricultural Research Center (WARC) in Corvallis last week. The research center is located […]

Fires of unprecedented size and intensity are raging across the western U.S., forming what looks like a ring of fire in the Rocky Mountains stretching from Mexico to Canada on […]

The Ravalli County Tourism Business Improvement District (TIBD) is shutting down, according to board member and County Commissioner Dan Huls. The district was established in 2011 and established a $1 […]

by Michael Howell People aren’t just coming to the Bitterroot Valley to enjoy the hiking, biking, climbing, fishing and hunting and then heading back to where they came from anymore. […]

On August 1, 2021, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) will begin a construction project below Painted Rocks Dam. The purpose of this project is to develop […]

Summertime is here and Bitterroot River Health Check volunteers are headed out into the field to collect water samples and measure water flows in the Bitterroot River watershed once again. […]