Bike and bird field trip Saturday

A bird expert from Flathead Audubon and a land conservation specialist from Flathead Land Trust will co-lead a bike and bird field trip on Saturday. The event is also sponsored by the Flathead River to Lake Initiative.

The group will bike and bird for about 10 miles along mostly paved roads in the lower Flathead Valley, viewing existing conservation easements including those at Church and Wiley sloughs, the new conservation easement protecting Reed’s Slough, and the Somers Beach property that has been proposed to be a future state park.

Following the tour, participants can picnic at Somers Beach or have lunch at Somers Bay Café. After lunch, participants can ride at their leisure about 5 miles on the bike path along Highway 93 back to the parking location.

Group sizes for the tours will be limited to 15, so three tours are being offered with staggered start times. Register with Laura Katzman at Flathead Land Trust lkatzman@flatheadlandtrust.org or 752-8293.