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The annual cleanup day for the historic Lincoln Cemetery in Lincoln Gulch will happen a little later this year, thanks to accessibility issues in the Lincoln Gulch area. Although the annual tradition has been to clean the historic Lincoln Cemetery the week prior to the Memorial Day Holiday, Bonnie Shown, Chairperson of the Lincoln Cemetery Board, said conditions this year prompted the volunteer event to be pushed back. If you’d like to help out, break out your rake and head u...
With floodwaters still on the rise in the Upper Blackfoot Valley and a the likelihood of addital flooding in the coming weeks, Lincoln Fire Chief Zach Muse says it’s time for people to put past differences aside and help their neighbors out. “At this point we’ve got so many problems with the flooding; what is going on your property could be affecting the people below you or above you,” he said. “At this point we’re all in it together and we need to really work together to...
Call it 670 miles – or perhaps more precisely 674 miles – but either way, the Yellowstone River remains the nation's longest undammed waterway. It's a great river that meanders through some of the finest mountain and prairie topography on the planet – peaks reaching past 12,000 feet in elevation, the largest high-mountain lake on the continent, dense evergreen forests, buttes, colorful badlands, deep canyons, and sweet-smelling sage and juniper covered hills. A good porti...
Last month, Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild took advantage of a new way to raise funds by working with AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile, or smile.amazon.com, is a shopping website run by Amazon that allows shoppers to designate a nonprofit charitable organization to receive .5 percent of the purchase price of the items they buy. “It is Amazon, but with tying in with the greater community who order off them, Amazon has decided to contribute to charities,” said Sculpture in the Wild Artistic Director Kevin O’Dwyer. “They...
Flooding is often an issue in Lewis and Clark County in the spring. While the focus tends to be on protecting property, it's important to remember that flood water can put your health at risk, too. Flood water mixes with everything it touches, including raw sewage, animal waste, pesticides, and other chemicals. You should assume that flood water is a swirling cocktail of bacteria and other disease-carrying germs that can cause intestinal problems, headaches, flu symptoms, and...
Last Thursday afternoon, a phone booth re-appeared on the corner of Highway 200 and Stemple Pass Road, in the same spot where one once stood for years. Although the booth differed from the original – some recalled it having red accents rather than blue – it served as the setting for a scene in the independent film "Ted K" currently being filmed in and around Lincoln. That evening, as the crew filmed a scene featuring actor Sharlto Copley as Ted Kaczynski, a choreographed dan...
A male bluebird defends a nesting boss by diving at a marauding swallow that got to close. Swallows have a knack for taking over bluebird boxes for their own nests. (Roger Dey Photo)...
The long winter and lingering ice on area lakes didn't result in significant fish mortality, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, but local reports indicate a significant number of dead fish have been observed at Browns Lake. According to a May 4 FWP news release, Region 2 fisheries biologists conducted surveys on Browns Lake, Harpers Lake and Lake Upsata and estimated fish mortality to be less than one percent. FWP reported that shoreline surveys showed 30 to 40...
The May 4 Government day meeting lacked a quorum of commissioners, so Commissioner Jim McCormick hosted it as a listening session, but the meeting also served as a public hearing on the Treasure State Endowment Program grant application for the Dalton Mountain Road Bridge. County Engineer Dan Karlin and Karl Yakawich with Great West Engineering, the company that completed the Preliminary Engineering Report, discussed the application and the required environmental assessment....
Teacher Appreciation is filling our school this week. The teachers are being treated all week with breakfast, lunch, and homemade treats from local parents as well as a full on catered lunch from Bushwackers and words of encouragement from community members and businesses. Each day multiple prizes donated from local businesses are awarded to staff members. The prizes range from gift certificates, visa gift cards, goodie baskets, salon basket, and flower bouquets. Thank You...
Grizzly bears are out and about. In the last two weeks, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks captured four grizzly bears in western Montana that were causing conflicts. Grizzlies can be found throughout western Montana, not just the Rocky Mountain Front, Bob Marshall Wilderness and the Yellowstone Ecosystem. In recent years grizzly bear populations have expanded and bears are showing up in places they've not been for decades. After a long winter, humans and wildlife are active in...
Governor Bullock and his surrogates, most recently Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney, have been pushing the narrative that Republicans are the ones to blame for Montana’s short-term budget problems. The Montana Legislature has only one constitutional requirement and that is to establish a balanced budget. It first starts with estimating revenue for the next budget cycle. The legislative staff works with the Governor’s budget office and spends many hours working to establish a re...
The 19th Annual Blackfoot River Ducks Unlimited event was another resounding success The Blackfoot River Chapter of Ducks Unlimited once again filled the Historic Lincoln Community Hall April 21. The committee begins planning for the event in January to ensure attendees have a good time. New to this year’s games and raffles was Ernie Lundberg’s inspiration for the Keg & Growler Game. Back again this year was the Fishing Derby Game and the “Reed’s Cast and Blast” which sold out three times, earning $3,000. In all, more than...
In the past few months, judicial and regulatory bodies alike have concluded that the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes Water Compact is unquestionably the best way to secure existing water rights for the use of future generations of Montanans. The CSKT Water Compact is an agreement negotiated and enacted by the State of Montana to ensure the equitable use of Montana’s water resources and protect the existing water rights of Montanans both on and off the Flathead Indian Reservation. Without the Compact, the CSKT are, by s...
A local weed group developed in Lincoln in 2015 secured a $19,400 grant from the Noxious Weed Trust Fund grant program last month to help them implement the first phase of a project to help area landowners pay for weed treatments. The Lincoln Vegetation Management Group originally applied for a grant of nearly $50,000, to help cover weed treatment costs throughout the entire Upper Blackfoot Valley. Karyn Good, who helped develop the group while working as a community coordinator for the Wilderness Society, said she wasn’t sur...
