Community Briefs

Ice Off 50/50 Challenge partners with AAI

SEELEY LAKE – Participants have until Sunday, April 12 at 6 p.m. to enter their guess for the 2020 Ice Off 50/50 Challenge sponsored by Tamaracks Resort. Each date and hour is $10. Half of the pot, which is up to $300 as of Monday, April 6, will go to the winner. The other half will be donated to the Alpine Artisans Inc. to throw the first big event at Tamaracks Resort after coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Tamaracks Resorts partnered with AAI following last week’s article announcing the Challenge. AAI replaced the Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce as the party host.

Don’t miss the opportunity to have a little fun from home and have a chance to win some cash. For more information and to enter your guess visit https://www.tamaracks.com/ice-off

SVC shares Bear Aware video

Swan Valley - The bears are out! Even though Swan Valley Connections can’t gather with the community for their annual Spring Bear Wake-up Social, they still wanted to share a springtime bear awareness video. Check out Swan Valley Bear Resources Spring Bear Awareness video at https://vimeo.com/403090432

Free birding resources 

Backyard birding is the perfect activity for this time of year and you don’t have to leave the comfort of your own home. There are many free resources highlighted by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks for novice and expert birders.

Want help with bird ID? FWP birding expert Pat Jamieson offers a lesson next week at https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/

With spring comes birds. Check out https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/ for free resources, videos and learning games for all ages.

Birds, like humans, prefer different types of food. Find more information about birds you see and what they like to eat by visiting The Cornell Lab website: https://feederwatch.org/learn/common-feeder-birds/

Reflecting Nature: Creating the Wall of Birds is a video capturing the artistic process as painter Jane Kim brings 270 species to life in a natural history mural. The short film is narrated by Cornell Lab or Ornithology Director John Fitzpatrick. Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL2WKjEnOlA

Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Call Activity March 31 – April 6

• 3/31, 6:44am, 30XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Suspicious Activity

• 3/31, 8:02pm, 5X mile marker Highway 83, Salmon Prairie: Accident - Injury

• 4/1, 4:04am, 31XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Suspicious Activity

• 4/1, 4:40am, 33XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Suspicious Activity

• 4/1, 2:53pm, Sperry Grade Road, Greenough: Accident – No Injury

• 4/2, 10:09am, Boy Scout Road, Seeley Lake: Open Container

• 4/2, 2:10pm, 6XX Pine Drive, Seeley Lake: Accident – No Injury

• 4/5, 11:20am, 31XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Accident – Hit-and-Run

Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Response Log March 29 – April 4

• 3/30, Frontier Court, Seeley Lake: Medical

• 3/30, Moose Lane, Seeley Lake: Welfare Check

• 3/31, Deer Park Drive, Seeley Lake: Medical

• 4/1, S.O.S. Road, Seeley Lake: Medical

• 4/3, Rainbow Court, Seeley Lake: Medical

• 4/3, Moose Lane, Seeley Lake: Medical