HAMILTON, Mont. — Crews have made good progress on the Observation Point Fire burning in the Bitterroot Mountains in Lost Horse Canyon, south of Hamilton and north of Darby. When it broke out Thursday ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Wednesday a public scoping procedure and new environmental impact statement for recovering a breeding population of threatened grizzly bears in the ...

Mario Locatelli of Hamilton, the "Mountain Goat" of the Bitterroot, completed his longtime goal of climbing the highest peaks in all 50 states when he reached the summit of Alaska's Mount McKinley on ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. MISSOULA — A handful of grizzly bears continued to roam the edges of the Bitterroot over the past ...

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Biologists with the University of Montana and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are starting a one-year study on mountain lions living in the east and west fork drainages of the ...

MISSOULA — Grizzly bears could find their way to the Bitterroot Mountains some day, even if the federal government doesn't give them a ride, bear biologists said Monday. So the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

A U.S. Forest Service helicopter, stationed out of Powell Junction in remote Idaho County, assisted in the search for a downed plane in the Bitterroot Mountains. By the time rescuers found the ...

Editor's note: This is the eighth of a series of peakbagging hikes provided by Bozeman native Mike Pierre. At 10,157 feet, Trapper Peak is the tallest mountain in western Montana's Bitterroot Range.