Black bear hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)

District 100

Montana hunting district 100 (Black bear), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 1,409 sq mi in Lincoln County; 89% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 4,365 ft.

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FWP district boundary, 2026 regulations. A boundary on a map does not grant access to any land inside it.

Area1,409 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP89%

Median elevation4,365 ft

Elevation range1,824–7,329 ft

What stands out

Among the most public of 35 black bear districts: 89% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	88.6%
Montana state trust land	0.2%
Montana FWP	0.1%
City & county	0.1%

Area of Montana State Library 'Montana Public Lands' polygons (derived from the Montana Cadastral Framework, Department of Revenue ownership records) intersected with the FWP district boundary, measured in NAD83(2011) Montana State Plane (EPSG:6514). Ownership is not access: some public land is closed to hunting or has no legal access.

Landscape

Counties: Lincoln County
National forests: Kootenai National Forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forests
Wilderness: None
Wildlife management areas: Kootenai West, Kootenai Falls
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Purcell Mountains
Highest named summits: Northwest Peak (≈7,651 ft), Davis Mountain (≈7,536 ft), Robinson Mountain (≈7,467 ft), Mount Henry (≈7,146 ft)
Passes and gaps: Windy Pass, Kootenai Narrows
Towns and places: Dodge Summit, Gateway (historical), Riverside (historical), Stonehill (historical), Sylvanite, Ural (historical), Volcour (historical), Warland (historical), Yaak

Elevations sampled on a regular grid inside the district from AWS Terrain Tiles (Terrarium, zoom 10, ~105 m pixels; compiled from USGS 3DEP and SRTM). Approximate: summits read lower than their surveyed height.

Neighboring districts

HD 101 79% public · 4,360 ft median
HD 104 77% public · 4,052 ft median
HD 103 50% public · 4,160 ft median

Sources

District boundary: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks hunting district layer.
Public land: Montana State Library, Montana Public Lands (published 2026-10-06).
Harvest: FWP Harvest Estimates, retrieved 2026-10-30.
Places: USGS Geographic Names Information System. Wilderness and forests: USDA Forest Service.
Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (USGS 3DEP, SRTM).

Live weather, snow, fire and access conditions are in the atlas card for this district.