Community Briefs

Grizzly Bear Ecology and Conflict Management presentation Oct. 14

Swan Valley – Everyone is invited to join Swan Valley Connections for a virtual presentation with Kari Eneas, wildlife biologist with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Eneas will give an overview of grizzly bear ecology, share some of the finds from her research and discuss how bears are managed on the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Connect to the presentation via Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/J/85010117895. Visit SwanValleyConnections.org for details or call 406-754-3137

The Great Elk Tour in Missoula

MISSOULA - Come see the all-new interactive Great Elk Tour at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation headquarters, 5705 Grant Creek Road in Missoula.

The Great Elk Tour is a traveling conservation exhibit that showcases some of the largest bull elk in the world. The tour includes the Archery World Record held by local Steve Felix for his 2016 bull with a Boone & Crockett Score of 444 2/8 (Gross) and Pop & Young 430 Net. The tour also provides education about conservation, elk and hunting.

The recently refurbished 50-foot trailer usually spends the majority of the year crisscrossing the country to the tune of about 45,000 miles so it is rarely, if ever, in Missoula. COVID-19 greatly interrupted the tour’s schedule in 2020.

The Tour is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., seven days a week until the weather turns. Admission is free.

Weekly COVID-19 update

As of Oct. 5, there are 14,847 cases of COVID-19 in Montana. There are 5,008 active cases, 754 total hospitalizations with 201 active, 9,649 recoveries and 190 deaths in Montana due to COVID-19 complications. Missoula County has had 1,079 cases, has 397 active cases with nine currently hospitalized, 679 recovered and three reported deaths. There are more than 1,120 identified close contacts in quarantine and isolation.

For the most up-to-date and accurate information please refer to the Missoula County-City Health Department website http://missoula.co/cvirus or call 406-258-INFO (4636) Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Call Log Sept. 28 – Oct. 4

• 9/28, 6:43am, 6XX Cooney Creek Road, Condon: Stolen Vehicle

• 9/28, 12:04pm, Morrell Creek Drive, Seeley Lake: Suspicious Activity

• 9/28, 8:54pm, Locust Lane, Seeley Lake: Accident – Injury

• 9/29, 2:32pm, 1X mile marker Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Accident – No Injury

• 9/30, 1:26pm, 1XX Diamond L Bar Lane, Condon: Trespassing

• 10/1, 8:11am, 6XX Tamarack Drive, Seeley Lake: Disturbance

• 10/1, 11:14am, 12XX Potomac Loop, Potomac: Theft

• 10/1, 1:05pm, Placid Lake Road, Placid Lake: Littering

• 10/1, 8:33pm, 67XX Highway 83, Condon: Accident – No Injury

• 10/2, 2:22pm, 9XX Cottonwood Lakes Road, Seeley Lake: Suspicious Activity

• 10/2, 3:41pm, 5X mile Marker Highway 83, Salmon Prairie: Suspicious Activity

• 10/2, 5:34pm, 35XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Accident – No Injury

• 10/4, 5:42pm, Highway 83 and Placid Lake Road: Suspicious Activity

Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Call Log Sept. 27 – Oct. 3

• 9/27, Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Public Assist

• 9/27, Cottonwood Lakes Road & Highlander Hollow Way Roads: Illegal Burn

• 9/27, Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Injury Accident

• 9/28, Pine Drive, Seeley Lake: Illegal Burn

• 9/29, Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Medical

• 9/29, Grouse Creek & Placid Creek Roads: Injury Accident

• 10/1, Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Medical

• 10/3, Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Medical