Boxer/Kerry Bill Needs Rethinking, Says NCPA Expert

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks field crews completed the 2009 bull trout redd (nest) counts between September 29 and October 30. The index sections in tributaries for all three major populations (Flathead, Swan, and Hungry Horse Reservoir) were surveyed this

By order of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission, Hunting District 424, as described in the legal descriptions of the 2009 Montana Deer, Elk, Antelope Hunting Regulations, shall be closed to all hunting of antlerless elk, effective one-half hour

A new state habitat enhancement program is providing eastern Montana landowners incentives to extend their participation in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal offering that in part improves wildlife habitat.

A draft environmental assessment (EA) of a Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks' (FWP) proposal to purchase a 0.88-acre parcel of undeveloped private land in Glasgow has been released for public review. The property is adjacent to the existing

As in past years, hunters, outfitters, landowners, and others in portions of southern and north-central Montana are being asked to help with studies of two serious wildlife diseases. For brucellosis testing, elk hunters in the southern part of the state

Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Station has a long history of supporting public recreation. Since 1990, Fort Keogh has partnered with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to allow public hunting through participation in the Block Management Program.

Beginning Monday, Nov. 9, Bitterroot Hunting Districts 204, 261 and 270 are open to antlerless elk hunting with a general elk license until set harvest quotas are reached. Hunters should be aware that this year's harvest quotas have decreased from

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks asks hunters and others recreating outdoors to report any sightings or signs of wolves. Wolf reports help FWP maintain accurate documentation on the distribution of wolves. Hunters and others can enter reports of wolves online

Elk harvest was strong and hunter numbers steady during the second weekend of the 2009 general big game season in southwest Montana. Overall 9.9 percent of hunters checked game through the six check stations with 141 elk, 30 mule deer,

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP), Region One, has completed an environmental assessment (EA) for the Foys Bend Fisheries Conservation Area Draft Management Plan for the purpose of establishing and implementing a management plan for approximately 245 acres of land

Columbia Falls Aluminum Company recently enrolled approximately 900 Acres of their property into Montana's Block Management Program for youth and disabled hunting opportunities by written permission only. According to Warden Captain Lee Anderson, the program has been very popular with

BILLINGS — The boat ramp at Captain Clark Fishing Access Site on the Yellowstone River east of Billings is unsafe and unusable except to hand launch canoes. Doug Habermann of Billings, regional parks manager for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks,

The deer and elk harvest in northwest Montana is running close to last year's harvest through the first week of the 2009 big game season. Through November 1, a total of 7,417 hunters passed through the six northwest Montana check

BILLINGS — Warm temperatures and wind on Saturday combined to keep some hunters out of the field in southern Montana during the second weekend of the 2009 general deer and elk season. At three of the four check stations operated

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking for the public's help with the investigation of four elk poached on Oct. 26 in the Red Butte area west of Grant. Two cows and two calves were shot within 30 yards of