Outdoor news

Park talk

The Montana House and Glacier National Park Fund will co-host a “Look Listen and Learn” presentation by Chris Peterson, photographer for the Hungry Horse News at the Montana House in Apgar Village at Saturday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m. His photographic presentation will be about taking long multi-day loop hikes in Glacier National Park and Bob Marshall Wilderness. His work has appeared in the New York Times and National Geographic’s Crown of the Continent Map. He is the creator of the quarterly Glacier Park Magazine, now available as an iPad app. For more information, call 892-3250 or visit online at www.glaciernationalparkfund.org.

Wilderness talks

The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation’s 2013 Wilderness Speakers Series will present three talks about wilderness stewardship, conservation and recreation. Research biologist Kate Kendall will talk about grizzly bears on Feb. 21, local author Matt Holloway will talk about “The Wild and the Not-Wild: A Discussion of Wilderness in Today’s Mind” on March 14, and former Glacier National Park ranger Charlie Logan will talk about “Recollections of a Rocky Mountain Ranger” on April 11. The talks will be held in Flathead Valley Community College’s Arts and Technology Building from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Ice-fishing for women

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will sponsor an ice-fishing workshop as part of its Becoming an Outdoors Woman program at Peterson Lake near Bigfork on Feb. 8-10. This class is for beginning or intermediate anglers who want to learn the basics or improve their fishing skills. The workshop setting is a modern camp located on the shore of Peterson Lake. The $100 fee includes all equipment, meals and two nights lodging. Scholarships are available. For more information, contact Liz Lodman at 406-444-9940 or llodman@mt.gov. Registration forms are available online at http://fwp.mt.gov under “Beyond BOW” and at the FWP office at 490 North Meridian Road in Kalispell.

Ice-fishing derby

The Babb/St. Mary Volunteer Fire Department’s annual ice fishing derby at Duck Lake will take place Feb. 9 and 10 with hourly prize drawings, 50/50 ticket drawings, coffee and food at a concession stand. Fee is $20 with fishing on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon. Tickets will be available at the lake on Friday from 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday starting at 7 a.m. and Sunday from 8 to 10 a.m. Cash prizes for longest fish are $700 first, $400 second, $200 third and $100 fourth. Children 12-and-under fish for free. Donations can be dropped off at the Babb/St. Mary VFD or mailed to P.O. Box 69, Babb MT 5941. For more information, call 406-732-9292.

Bat talk

Flathead Audubon will present a talk on “Montana’s Bats—Those Fascinating Night Fliers” by Lewis Young during their meeting in the United Way Conference Room at the Gateway Community Center on U.S. 2 West, in Kalispell, on Monday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. Young will review all 15 bat species in Montana, including their biology and ecology, bat survey methods, and bat habitats. He has been involved with bat surveys each summer since 2006 and intermittently before then.