Black bear hunting district · Region 1 (Kalispell)

District 141

Montana hunting district 141 (Black bear), FWP Region 1 (Kalispell): 339 sq mi in Flathead County; 98% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land (mostly Flathead National Forest); median elevation 5,712 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.

Area339 sq mi

USFS · BLM · state trust · FWP98%

Median elevation5,712 ft

Elevation range3,278–7,963 ft

What stands out

Among the most public of 35 black bear districts: 98% USFS, BLM, state trust and FWP land. MSL Public Lands (calculated)
Among the most wilderness of 35 black bear districts: 70% designated wilderness. USFS wilderness boundaries (calculated)
Among the smallest of 35 black bear districts: 339 square miles. FWP district boundary

Publicly administered land

US Forest Service	97.9%
Montana state trust land	0.2%

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: Flathead County
National forests: Flathead National Forest
Wilderness: Great Bear Wilderness (70%)
Wildlife management areas: —
Mountain ranges (GNIS): —
Highest named summits: Red Sky Mountain (≈7,963 ft), Red Plume Mountain (≈7,871 ft), Mount Cameahwait (≈7,743 ft), Forster Mountain (≈7,703 ft)
Passes and gaps: Theodore Roosevelt Pass
Towns and places: Blacktail, Essex, McCarthyville (historical), Nyack, Pinnacle, Singleshot, Snowslip, Three Forks

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 140 93% public · 5,113 ft median
HD 150 100% public · 6,348 ft median
HD 450 19% public · 3,714 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.