This hunting season, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has redoubled its brucellosis surveillance efforts, collecting blood samples from hunter-harvested elk in key areas including the Madison, Paradise, and Shields valleys and other nearby areas.

While the general 2008 big game hunting season will end on Sunday, Nov. 30, in an attempt to reduce elk populations, hunting for elk will continue in 18 hunting districts in southwest Montana and two hunting districts in northeastern Montana,

Deer and elk harvest remained steady during week four of big game season in west-central Montana. White-tailed deer harvest started off slow this season, but now after four weeks harvest totals are right in line with last year and just

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced today it will continue to take public comment until Dec. 21 on the environmental assessment associated with granting a right-of-way to the Tongue River Railroad Company over land occupied by FWP's Miles City Fish

Two Montana men recently received National Trails Awards at the 2008 National Trails Symposium, which was held recently in Little Rock, Ark. Gary Vodehnal, trails program coordinator for the Gallatin Valley Land Trust in Bozeman, received the Montana Trails Worker

The Internet makes a whole jungle full of "exotic" species available for delivery directly to your home. They may look harmless on the computer screen, but in reality most are not. "Some 65 Montanans are learning this difficult biology lesson

The Private Land/Public Wildlife Council will meet Dec. 18-19 in Helena at the Red Lion Colonial Inn and Suites, 2301 Colonial Drive, to discuss hunting and fishing access issues. On Dec.18, beginning at 1 p.m., the council will review two

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' annual game harvest survey calls will begin Dec. 8 and continue into early April of next year. Montana's hunter harvest survey is an essential part of the hunting season cycle. FWP wildlife biologists and managers

By order of the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission, hunting district 501 as described in the legal descriptions, 2008 Montana regulations, Moose, Sheep and Goat shall be closed to hunting of ALL bighorn sheep, effective one-half hour after sunset

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on a workgroup to develop recommendations for the state's fish management plan for three popular Upper Missouri River reservoirs.

The gains came despite gloomy economic reports.

They ask business owners for a bogus $125 fee.

For more than 16 years, he has been raising crops and picking citrus, then giving it away to food banks.

While you're toiling away in the kitchen preparing Thanksgiving dinner today, you might be fantasizing about the big sales awaiting you at the mall tomorrow, on the day known as "black Friday."

Four St. Kate's students from Africa are celebrating Thanksgiving in the U.S. And while a big Turkey dinner with all the trimmings may be a different experience for them, a celebration to offer thanks is not.

The average Thanksgiving dinner today will cost more than a year ago, almost six percent more. The increase reflects price hikes in basic food components like corn, soybeans and wheat. If that's enough to give you heartburn, cheer up, it

In the fall of 1905, a powerful storm struck the Great Lakes, causing one of the most dramatic shipping disasters in the nation's history. A new book by Curt Brown tells the story of that storm: "So Terrible a Storm:

A man and a woman were injured Wednesday night when a fire started in their apartment in the South Side's Englewood neighborhood.

In Wednesday's Truth in Politics has the president-elect lost some of his Barack Obama "bounce?" Some close observers say he's become more somber and less upbeat. It may be a reaction to the serious challenges he now faces. But as

A new online course will help small businesses explore exporting opportunities in international markets. Global Enterprise: A Primer on Exporting is a free, self-paced course that provides practical guidance on exploring international markets.