Flathead Open Space going fast

Flathead County residents will vote on a $10 million open space bond on Nov. 4.

The bad news is that the Flathead is one of Montana's most conservative counties, with a definite hostility toward government taking ownership of private land or private development rights — even when that exchange involves willing sellers.

The good news is despite that anti-government bias, polls show two-thirds of county residents support the idea.

Let's hope the polls are right.

Mack Days is on

Here are the early results from the fall Mack Days at Flathead Lake.

The kill-em-all fishing contest is geared toward reducing the number of highly predatory, non-native lake trout, which are taking a major toll on the lake's dwindling populations of native bull and westslope cutthroat trout.