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$7M allocated to protect Columbia headwaters $7M allocated to protect Columbia headwaters

  News from Western Montana Conservation Commission HELENA – The Western Montana Conservation Commission (WMCC) is proud to announce a groundbreaking initiative aimed at mitigating toxic pollution in the headwaters of the Columbia River Basin. Bolstered by a $7 million grant through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, WMCC is poised to make a lasting impact on the ecological health of the region.  With a focus on pollution elimination, water quality improvement, runoff reduction, and citizen engagement, WMCC’s multifaceted approach includes the implementation of stormwater and septic leachate toxic reduction subaward programs, coupled with extensive education and...


FWP to require field day for youth who take hunter, bowhunter online courses

News from MT fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Starting Jan. 1, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will require Hunter and Bowhunter Education students age 12 to 17 who take the online course to pass an in-person field day. Students in that age group must pass both the online exam and the field ...


Deadline for pheasant release applications announced Deadline for pheasant release applications announced

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Applications are being accepted for the 2024 pheasant release program through Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program (UGBEP). As part of the program, pen-raised birds are released in areas suitable for ring-necked ph...


GNP to increase 2024 frontcountry campground fee rates 

News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park is implementing fee rate changes to most frontcountry campgrounds in 2024 and Apgar Group Sites in 2025.   The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act is the legislation that allows the collection of expanded amenity fee...


Muzzleloader Heritage Season opens Muzzleloader Heritage Season opens

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA — Muzzleloader heritage season opens on Saturday, Dec. 9, and runs through Dec. 17. This season is for heritage muzzleloaders only; no other means of taking game, such as archery, is allowed. Note that some areas have elk shoulder seasons through Feb....


FW&P hires game wardens

News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Do you like to be in the Montana outdoors working with hunters, anglers and boaters?  Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking applicants to fill nine game warden positions. “It’s one of those jobs where It’s not ...


Montana’s general hunting season ends, harvests down

News from  MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana’s general deer and elk hunting season wrapped up Nov.  26, 2023. So far this season, more than 8,100 hunters have appeared at regional game check stations. Harvest results at the regional check stations are slightly do...


Large number of lake trout can still be found in deeper water

Mack Days are over as of Nov. 12. Hunting season slowsdown the fishing of course. Whitefish are biting in theriver above the lake and at the Polson bridge. Rance Hertz caught two there days ago. Dan Smith was trolling around Melita Island and caught lake trout. Crappie are in the sloughs. Delta f...


Free ‘Biocontrol 101’ short course launched

News from the NAISMA organization We are excited to announce the launch of NAISMA’s newest short course, Biocontrol 101, in our InvasivesU online learning library. This asynchronous course was created to provide you with an introduction to classical weed biological control.  In this short ...


Fall Mack Days week 8 results announced Fall Mack Days week 8 results announced

News from CSKT FLATHEAD LAKE — One week is all that is left of the 2023 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake. Up to $200,000 in cash and prizes, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, will be awarded on the last day of the event, Nov. 12. There will be no fish fry, but ...


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