BILLINGS — With the annual Independence Day holiday this week, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reminds people that it is illegal to use fireworks in the state's many parks and fishing access sites. State law prohibits use of fireworks on

It is illegal to set off fireworks on FWP lands. These lands in northwest Montana include 11 state parks, 11 Wildlife Management Areas, 30 fishing access sites, and other lands including Cedar, Bird, and Goose Islands in Flathead Lake. A

Poker Joe Fishing Access Site (FAS) on the Bitterroot River between Florence and Stevensville will be closed beginning July 7 while a new parking area and latrine are installed. The site improvements, to be completed by the end of July,

Fish, Wildlife and Parks is now offering bowhunter education over the Internet. Although the course is online, students must still take a field test to receive their bowhunter education card. In the Great Falls area, online students must also attend

Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP), Region One, has completed an environmental assessment (EA) for the purpose of conducting a depletion population estimate of lake trout in Swan Lake, Montana. The proposed action would involve contracting with professional fishery consultants to

In Montana all first-time bowhunters, regardless of age, must complete a bowhunter education course. Montana law requires anyone buying an archery license to show either a previous year's archery license or a certificate of completion from a bowhunter education course.

Lone Pine State Park has planned programs for children throughout the summer. Join a member of Lone Pine's staff on Friday mornings at 11:00 a.m. for a story followed by an exciting hands-on activity. Lone Pine's Little Saplings is an

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reminds visitors to Montana's state parks, Wildlife Management Areas and fishing access sites that they need to leave the fireworks at home. State law says no one may set off fireworks on any FWP lands.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host three public hearings in July to gather comment on a rule proposal that would allow state wildlife officials to designate the gray wolf as a species in need of management. The need for

A landowner in the East Fork of the Bitterroot near Sula shot and killed a wolf early Tuesday, July 1 that was threatening his cattle. No livestock were killed or hurt in the incident. The wolf—a gray adult male—was one

BILLINGS — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued a draft environmental assessment Thursday, July 3, for public review and comments on a proposal to help fund improvements at the Billings Trap Club on northeast of Lake Elmo. The assessment and

The mount of an 830-pound male grizzly bear struck and killed by a pickup truck near Lincoln last fall will be on display at the Hooper Park Pavilion in Lincoln on Saturday, July 5 from 9am-5pm as part of a

The second meeting of the 2008 Elk Archery Committee, a group formed to recommend regulations in 23 hunting districts outside of the Missouri River Breaks, will meet in Bozeman Tuesday, July 8 at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Region 3

July 4, 2008 Montana Fishing Roundup This is a brief synopsis of fishing conditions and reports from select waters across the state. For more detailed information, contact a fly shop, bait store, or boat marina for the particular water. For