RED LODGE POST Fire Lookout Cabins in Montana National Forests Some travelers seek a place to get off the grid. Lookout cabins fit this description. Lookout cabins are rustic accommodations owned by the National Forest Service. Located in remote areas, they are available to the public for modest rental fees. Over many years, the National…
Category: Wildlife
Wildlife Refuges
RED LODGE POST Wildlife refuges are areas, lands and waters, set aside to conserve fish, wildlife, and plants. Refuge managers aim to maintain and improve natural habitats. Montana has 24 wildlife refuges/districts, operated and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuges are amazing places to visit if natural environments are of interest….
Glacier Wildlife Gallery
Glacier National Park Glacier National Park has an abundance of wildlife. The wildlife thrive in natural habitats far from human civilization. Glacier wildlife are protected in a natural environment. Here are a few of the species viewed by many visitors to the park. …
Going-to-the-Sun Road
Glacier National Park Okay, so you are going to Glacier National Park. Your journey will take you through the center of the park on Going-to-the-Sun Road, an iconic mountain highway. Going-to-the-Sun Road runs west to east from the town of West Glacier to Saint Mary, Montana, over a distance of about 53 miles. The road…
Mountain Goats
RED LODGE POST Bring binoculars. Mountain goats hang out in high elevation, mountainous regions of Montana. The Montana FWP estimates that 5,900 mountain goats live in the state. Of the total, thirty-eight per cent are found in Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. Viewing mountains goats is easy, finding them is another matter. Mountain goats are…
Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
RED LODGE POST Today grizzly bears thrive in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). More than 700 grizzlies live in the GYE. Most of these bears are found in Yellowstone National Park. More grizzly bears Grizzly bears live in wilderness areas of northwest Montana. By some estimates 300 grizzly bears live in Glacier National Park. E. W….
New book on grizzly bear out in 2015
RED LODGE POST New book out in 2015 – Grizzly: the Bears of Greater Yellowstone, by Todd Wilkinson, and photographs by Thomas Mangelsen. Published by Rizzoli. Absaroka Mountain, Mont. © 2021 John Sandy