Black bear hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)

District 104

Montana hunting district 104 (Black bear), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 756 sq mi in Lincoln County; 77% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Kootenai National Forest); median elevation 4,052 ft.

Open in the atlas FWP regulations & quotas FWP district map (PDF)

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

Area756 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP77%

Median elevation4,052 ft

Elevation range1,841–8,337 ft

What stands out

Among the most rugged of 35 black bear districts: 6,496 ft from low point to high point. AWS Terrain Tiles (calculated)

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	74.7%
Montana state trust land	2.0%
Montana FWP	0.5%
City & county	0.2%
Other State of Montana	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: Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (11%)
Wildlife management areas: Bull River
Mountain ranges (GNIS): Cabinet Mountains
Highest named summits: Bockman Peak (≈8,035 ft), Elephant Peak (≈7,684 ft), Treasure Mountain (≈7,585 ft), Dome Mountain (≈7,470 ft)
Passes and gaps: Carney Pass, Lost Buck Pass
Towns and places: Bull Lake, Green Acres, Kootenai Falls, Libby, Troy, Yakt

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 121 82% public · 4,094 ft median
HD 103 50% public · 4,160 ft median
HD 100 89% public · 4,365 ft median
HD 122 54% public · 4,298 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.