Chronicle Outdoors

Dedicated to outdoor adventure in Southwest Montana

Paradise found: Chasing salmonflies in the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone

| July 15, 2010

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – There’s a place on the Yellowstone where two-pound native cutthroats rise to three-inch dry flies. They rise so slow you’ll never believe it until you see it with your own eyes. Those cutts have eaten those bugs for as long as both have been in that river. And they eat them [...]

Powder Horn Montana: Hunter follows passion to produce national TV show

| July 8, 2010

George Dieruf of The Powder Horn on Main Street remembers a lot about Jason Matzinger. He remembers the young hunter coming into his store to buy his first slingshot, his first rifle, his first shotgun. He remembers Matzinger’s first hunts. He remembers the trophy bulls. Of course he should, he was there for all of [...]

Rock Hoppers Mountain Biking Club to start riding on July 15

| July 5, 2010

The Bozeman Recreation Department is offering a new mountain biking program for youth ages 15 and up on Thursdays from July 15-Aug. 5. The club will meet from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Recreation leaders and participants will head out onto beginner trails in the Bozeman area. Registrants must provide their own bike and helmet. The club [...]

Montana State Parks to move forward with campsite reservation system

| July 3, 2010

Montana State Parks will pursue development of a campsite reservation system in up to 21 state parks beginning in the spring of 2011. An Environmental Assessment (EA) was issued on the proposed project on April 26, 2010. Following public comment and review, a formal decision notice was issued. “We are excited to be proceeding with [...]

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks ups ante on fight against aquatic invasive species

| July 2, 2010

When whirling disease was first discovered in Montana waters in 1994, an alarm bell sounded across the state. Its echo was heard loud and clear in Washington, D.C., when reports were published documenting a shocking 90 percent decline in the Madison River’s rainbow trout population. “If Montana, which is known as the state of ‘A [...]