Outdoors
News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – The drawings for Montana deer and elk permits and for nonresident combination licenses are complete and applicants can check their results online. This is the fifth year of the new online application process, which allows Fish, Wildlife & Parks to complete the drawing much faster than in years past. There are a few ways to get your drawing results. Visit: fwp.mt.gov, click on MyFWP Login in the upper righthand corner, then click on Lookup Draw Results; register for lists tab on the left-hand menu, or login to your MyFWP account. You may also sign up for an account at: myfwp.mt.gov. Applicants may also call any FW...
News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE - Mack Days fishing events on Flathead Lake are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and are used as a tool to reduce the non-native lake trout and increase native bull trout and westslope cutthroat in Flathead Lake. The event continues until Saturday, Ma...
News from Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN — March brought a combination of snow accumulation, snowmelt, and rain to Montana. “The good news is precipitation was above normal across a majority of the state during March, with nearly all river basins receiving 110-140% of median ...
News from Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN — March brought a combination of snow accumulation, snowmelt, and rain to Montana. “The good news is precipitation was above normal across a majority of the state during March, with nearly all river basins receiving 110-140% of median ...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — 2025 Spring Mack Days week three ended with a total of 20,211 lake trout entries. Weekend totals were Friday - 1,939, Saturday - 1,806, and Sunday - 1,821. The Monday to Thursday total was 4,612 and the Friday to Sunday total was 15,599. We are off to an amazing star...

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks released the 2025 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan recently, wrapping up an extensive public process to capture updates to wolf management strategies and research into a new plan. The fin...

News from CSKT Natural Resources FLATHEAD LAKE - Two weeks of the 2025 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake are complete. There are seven more weekends left for anglers to come out and enter before the last day on May 10. Mack Days are sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Ko...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA - Each spring, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks receives calls from people who have picked up baby wildlife they’ve found in town, their yards, or in the wild. It’s often done out of concern for the animal, but almost always does more harm tha...
News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – As spring weather approaches, we’re all anxious to get out and enjoy the weather – people and bears alike. This time of year, bears are waking up from hibernation and beginning to look for food. It’s time to ensure that pe...

News from CSKT Natural Resources FLATHEAD LAKE — The 2025 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake started out with anglers saying “Fish On” many times over the first few days of the event. There are up to $225,000 in cash and prizes sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Koot...