Blackfoot Valley Dispatch - The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980

This has turned out to be a banner year for trumpeter swans in the Blackfoot watershed.

The first swan sightings were reported in March, when swans began returning from their wintering grounds in Southwest Montana and Idaho. Spring and fall are challenging times of year to positively identify trumpeters because there are also tundra swans migrating through our area in those seasons. But by lat...