Outdoors
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Applications are being accepted for the 2023 pheasant release program through Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program (UGBEP). Guided by statute, pen-raised birds are released in areas suitable for ring-necked pheasants with the intent to enhance wild pheasant populations. Landowners interested in releasing pen-reared pheasants have until Jan. 15 to submit an application. Projects must comprise at least 100 contiguous acres of land and contain a combination of suitable habitat components – including cover and food – that pheasants need to survive. Suitable habitat includes a combinatio...
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announces that the application period to apply for a Shooting Range Improvement Grant is now open. Completed applications must be received no later than Feb. 1, 2023. Montana’s Shooting Range Grant Program, administered by FWP, provides funding to no...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Anyone wanting to salvage a road-killed deer, elk, moose are antelope must obtain a Vehicle-Killed Wildlife Salvage Permit. These are available at no cost and must be obtained within 24 hours of the time a person takes an animal into their possessio...
News from MDT ST. IGNATIUS — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Montana Fencing have begun work near St. Ignatius on roadside safety improvements to reduce wildlife collisions. This project is located along US Highway 93 (US 93), beginning about two miles south of St. Ignatius a...
News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – On Tuesday, a District Court in Lewis and Clark County issued a temporary restraining order impacting some of Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping regulations. The changes go into effect immediately. The changes outlined in the temporar...
MONTANA — More than a year after the Crazy Mountain Access Project group put a land swap proposal before the Custer Gallatin National Forest, the public has an opportunity to comment on the deal, which seeks to consolidate checkerboard land in the Crazy Mountains. If the swap is approved, the Forest...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana’s general hunting season is hitting the midway point and the overall harvest is expected to increase with the onset of the deer breeding season in the coming weeks. So far this season, more than 4,500 hunters have appeared at reg...
News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana’s general hunting season is in full swing, and hunters are experiencing the arrival of winter weather in northwest Montana. Heavy snowfall began across most of the region and the National Weather Service advised recreationis...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — Applications for the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) will be accepted from Nov. 1 to Jan. 31. RTP is a federally funded grant program administered through Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks that awards approximately $1.5 million annually. Eligible a...
News from Montana FWP HELENA — In Montana, good relationships between hunters and landowners are integral to our opportunities, lead to proper wildlife management and ensure that our hunting traditions continue. Landowners play an important role in sustaining healthy wildlife populations, contr...
