There are many resources available to help you learn more about the montane forest. Follow the links below to many sites that can help you discover new and interesting things.

• Yellowstone National Park
• Glacier National Park
• Boone and Crockett Conservation Center
• Lubrecht Experimental Forest
• Birch Creek Outdoor Education Center
• Swan Ecosystem Center
• Big Creek Outdoor Education Center

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks maintains a video library of many species of animals and areas around the state.

• Bull Trout Recovery
• Mount Haggin Moose Recreation Study
• Grizz Delist
• Mountain Lake Survey

• Conservation Requirements for Bears and Other Carnivorous Mammals
• Be Bear Aware
• Migrating Common Loons (Montana Loons from Flathead Lake)

• Trees of the Helena National Forest
• Wildflowers of Glacier National Park
• Forestry Images Search
• Montana Forest Legacy Program (PDF 76 MB)

• "Investigating Your Environment" - Outdoor student investigation from the US Forest Service (PDF)

• Birds & Birding
  • Harlequin Duck
  • Gray Jay
• Fisheries
  • Trout Above the Clouds: Tips on finding and catching trout in Montana’s scenic mountain lakes.
  • Left in the Dust? Montana’s fluvial arctic grayling could be doomed if the beleaguered fish don’t get more water soon.
  • Why Montana Went Wild: Montana Outdoors interviews the scientist whose research three decades ago helped revolutionize trout management.
• General Interests
  • Montana's Trophy Trees
  • 40 Years of Wilderness: When Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964, millions of acres “untrammeled by man” were preserved for hunting, fishing, hiking, and wildlife watching.
  • The Grizzly of Falls Creek Myth meets reality on the Rocky Mountain Front.
  • On the Right Track: Reading the daily dramas of Montana wildlife.
• FWP Issues & Management
  • Death by Garbage: How trash, dog chow, bird seed, and other food attractants along the urban interface are “killing” grizzlies and stifling the bears’ natural expansion.
  • Barbed-Wire Bears: Using old-fashioned fencing wire and state-of-the-art DNA technology, this unprecedented new survey of northern Montana grizzlies could help determine whether the population is on the rebound.
  • Tough Love: Why it makes sense to kill some fish in order to save others.
• Hunting
  • On the Front Lines-As the grizzly population expands, more Montanans are coming face to face with the emboldened bears.
  • Making Sense of Mountain Whitetails-A newly released report sheds light on the many factors driving northwestern white-tailed deer populations.
• Montana State Parks
  • A Grand Little Canyon: Excellent trout fishing, rich mining history, and breath-taking scenery make Sluice Boxes one of the most delightful state parks you’ve never heard of.
• Outdoors Portraits
  • Ponderosa Pine
  • Wolverine
  • Rubber boa
• Outdoor Recreation
  • Huckleberry Hounds: Sniffing out Montana’s delicious purple gem.
• Wildlife
  • Moose