Holland Lake

State environmental officials in 2023 determined a wastewater lagoon serving Holland Lake Lodge had been leaking for an unknown period of time. It’s taken another two years for the Flathead National Forest to propose a fix to the lagoon, which sits on public land. The lodge's owner recently got county permission to pump the lodge’s sewage into a separate holding tank while the Forest Service works to build the new wastewater system this summer.

The Flathead National Forest says it’s received a new permit application for Holland Lake Lodge. A Forest Service spokesperson says the application is for the continued use of the lodge in its existing footprint, with no proposed expansion.

Flathead National Forest Supervisor Kurt Steele is leaving his post after accepting a new role within the Forest Service. A grizzly bear in the Madison range southeast of Ennis was killed by a hunter last week.