Outdoor news

Film festival

Outdoor films from Telluride MountainFilm OnTour will be shown at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish to benefit the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation on Thursday, March 22, with doors opening at 6 p.m. for mingling, drinks and food. Films start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door or $12 in advance available at Rocky Mountain Outfitter, in Kalispell, and The White Room, in Whitefish. For more information, visit online at www.bmwf.org.

Teachers recognized

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks honored 49 hunter and bowhunter education teachers from across the Flathead at its March 1 workshop. From Columbia Falls were David Yeats, 25 years teaching bowhunter classes; Lonny Quimby, 20 years teaching hunter classes; Carol Manley, 10 years teaching hunter classes; and John Kropp, five years teaching hunter classes. More than 300 volunteer instructors in Region 1, Northwest Montana, train about 2,000 students each year in safety, ethics and handling of firearms and archery equipment.

Park forum

Crown Managers Partnership, a transboundary group formed in 2001, will hold their 2012 forum on “Connections to the land: Tribes and First Nations in the Crown of the Continent” at the Lethbridge Lodge, in Lethbridge, Alberta, on March 19-20. Speakers will include archaeologist Brian Reeves and Piikani traditional ceremonialist Allan Pard. For more information, visit online at www.crownmanagers.com.