Community Briefs

Online courses for hunter and bowhunter education

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is offering online hunter and bowhunter education courses in response to COVID-19.

To take the online hunter education courses, Montana students can get the free code by visiting http://fwp.mt.gov/education/hunter/ and select the course you want to take.

The online courses, which are developed and administered by the outdoor education company Kalkomey, include text, videos and interactive scenarios to engage students. Students will need to pass a final test to qualify for a certificate.

At this time, students aged 10 and 11 (under age 12 before Jan. 16, 2021) will not have an option for an online class. Those students can hunt as an apprentice this year. To learn how to sign up for the hunter apprentice program visit: fwp.mt.gov/hunting/licenses/all/apprenticeHunter/default.html

For more information call your local FWP office or 406-444-9947 or 406-431-0539.

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Scholarship Contest, deadline Sept. 15

As part of our continued effort to create a healthy and hopeful Montana, Shodair Children’s Hospital have partnered with several businesses and news organizations statewide to offer $10,000 in scholarships through our annual suicide prevention awareness initiative that encourages students to speak up about mental health and suicide prevention.

Shodair will be awarding $10,000 through four categories: written, video, visual and judge’s choice.

The theme is: COVID-19 has us all wearing masks, but many of us are wearing a different kind of mask. What kind of mask are you hiding behind and what can we do to help others remove any shame associated with mental illness?

To be eligible, all participants must be between the ages of 13 and 18 and enrolled in a public school, private school or home school in Montana.

Applications must be submitted by emailing contest@shodair.org by 11:59 p.m. MDT on Tuesday, Sept. 15. For more information visit https://shodair.org/contest/

SVC hosts virtual Raptors of the Rockies presentation, Sept. 2

Join Swan Valley Connections for their monthly presentation Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Kate Davis, founder and director at Raptors of the Rockies, will share photos and stories from her 32 years of experience in raptor ecology, conservation and education. She will also introduce attendees to Sibley, the peregrine falcon, Sonora, the aplomado falcon and Owen, the saw-whet owl.

Join through Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/J/84581190934. For more details visit https://www.swanvalleyconnections.org or call 406-754-3137.

Weekly COVID-19 update

As of Aug. 24, there are 6,489 cases of COVID-19 in Montana. There are 1,556 active cases, 383 total hospitalizations with 1144 active, 4,842 recoveries and 91 deaths in Montana due to COVID-19 complications. Missoula County has had 407 cases, has 48 active cases with three currently hospitalized, 356 recovered and three reported deaths. There are more than 333 identified close contacts in quarantine and isolation.

Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntIrx6QnO1E for a COVID-19 Epidemiology presentation from Aug. 19 that discussed the various data points tracked for Missoula County including case incidence, positivity rates and R-value. For the most up-to-date information visit 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 Aug. 17 – Aug. 23

• 8/17, 5:10pm, 446XX Highway 200, Greenough: Accident – No Injury

• 8/18, 12:18pm, 2X mile marker Highway 200, Greenough: Accident – No Injury

• 8/18, 1:12pm, 5XX Pine Drive, Seeley Lake: Probation

• 8/18, 8:09pm, 32XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Disturbance

• 8/20, 8:29am, 35XX Scapegoat Road, Greenough: Suspicious Activity

• 8/20, 1:48pm, 44XX Rumble Creek Road, Condon: Suspicious Activity

• 8/20, 5:07pm, Stagecoach Drive, Seeley Lake: Theft

• 8/21, 6:55am, 1XX A Street, Seeley Lake: Disturbance

• 8/21, 2:36pm, Locust Lane, Seeley Lake: Intimidation

• 8/21, 7:38pm, 23XX Snowmass Drive, Seeley Lake: Intimidation

• 8/22, 9:22am, 33XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Accident Injury

• 8/23, 4:50pm, 3XX Cabin Lane, Seeley Lake: Accident – No Injury

Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Call Log Aug. 16 – Aug. 22

• 8/16, Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Non-Injury Accident

• 8/16, Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Non-Injury Accident

• 8/17, Highway 83: Medical

• 8/17, Highway 83: Medical

• 8/18, Highway 200: Injury Accident

• 8/19, Boy Scout Road, Seeley Lake: Structure Fire

• 8/19, S. Placid Lake Road: Wildland Fire

• 8/19, N. Placid Lake Road: Medical

• 8/20, Hemlock Drive, Seeley Lake: Medical

• 8/20, Highway 83: Medical

• 8/21, Highway 83: Medical

• 8/22, Highway 83: Non-injury Accident

• 8/22, Highway 83: Medical