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• Quotas set for 2012 Montana bison hunt

  August 3, 2012 9:39 AM

  HELENA- The Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Commission has approved another bison hunting season, voting on Thursday to set the 2012 quotas at 44 either sex licenses and an additional 100 cow calf licenses. Sixteen of the either sex licenses will be issued to the Montana Indian Tribes and... more »

• FWP: Be aware of Montana wildfire danger

  July 28, 2012 10:36 PM

  HELENA- The dry and hot summer weather that's been sticking around the Treasure State has Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials reminding folks headed outdoors to use some extra care. More than 30 Montana counties are under official fire restrictions and that means recreationists need to be prepared to... more »

• Missoula wolf hunt hearing set for Tuesday night

  May 21, 2012 10:32 AM

  MISSOULA- The debate over what is being called a "more aggressive" approach to hunting wolves in Montana comes to Missoula Tuesday as state officials listen to what hunters and wildlife advocates have to say about the new proposals. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks managers have suggested the new measures in... more »

• Missoula FWP employee honored

  April 11, 2012 12:42 PM

  MISSOULA- An employee with the Missoula Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks office has been tapped as the "Outstanding Fisheries Professional" for 2011 by the Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society at their annual conference in Helena. Pat Saffel currently serves as Fisheries Program Manager for FWP's Region 2,... more »

• Conservation project to be discussed at Kalispell meeting Play Video

  April 10, 2012 8:16 PM

  KALISPELL- The public will get their chance to see what Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is doing for the Westslope Cutthroat Trout at an upcoming meeting in Kalispell. FWP officials will be presenting information on the Westslope Cutthroat conservation project for the South Fork River. Biologists will summarize... more »

• MT FWP responds to lawsuit over bison relocation

  March 26, 2012 7:50 PM

  Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is denying any wrongdoing in approving the relocation of Yellowstone National Park bison onto two Indian reservations. The state has officially responded to a lawsuit filed by a group of ranchers and the Valley County Commission. The group contends the state violated... more »

• Montana FWP approves bison hunt

  February 16, 2012 6:07 PM

  The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Commission is giving hunters another chance to kill bison. On Thursday, by a 4 to 1 vote, the commission decided to allow hunters the opportunity to shoot a bison outside defined tolerance areas and outside the hunting normal season. Commissioner A.T.... more »

• MT landowners sue FWP over bison relocation plan

  January 11, 2012 10:24 PM

  HELENA- Several landowners are suing Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) over its plan to relocate Yellowstone National Park bison. The landowners say the state failed to fully analyze the impacts of the bison on humans when the FWP Commission voted to move 68 bison to Fort Peck and... more »

• FWP warns hunters to remain bear aware Play Video

  November 25, 2011 5:54 PM

  Grizzlies are typically in their winter dens by late November, but with strange weather and other factors, people continue to see the predators out searching for food. As late as Thursday, one FWP employee tracked a sow grizzly and her cub in the lower reaches of the swan mountain... more »

• Montana FWP Commission approves wolf hunt proposal

  May 13, 2011 9:00 AM

  HELENA- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials have approved a proposal to allow the killing of 220 wolves statewide. The Commission met Thursday to take public comment on the proposal which would reduce the current wolf population by about 25%. FWP staff reports with this quota the agency... more »

• FWP looking to keep invasive species out of MT

  April 28, 2011 11:18 AM

  HELENA- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials want the public to weigh in on a new rule that would require vessels launched on Montana waters to be inspected at designated aquatic invasive species inspection stations. Inspectors would search the exterior of the vessel, livewells, bait buckets, bilge areas and... more »

• FWP prepares for wolf hunt

  April 15, 2011 6:00 PM

  HELENA- With wolves coming off the Endangered Species List, plans are underway to reinstitute a wolf hunt in Montana. "Montana played a pivotal role in the recovery of the Rocky Mountain gray wolf and the expectation is that Montana will play an important role its future," said FWP Director... more »

• Montana FWP chief responds to wolf ruling

  April 11, 2011 10:11 PM

  HELENA- A federal judge ruled that wolf management in Montana and Idaho will continue to be handled by the federal government. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled on Saturday against a plan by the US Fish & Wildlife Service and 10 conservation groups to lift the animals from the... more »

• Montana FWP news update

  March 25, 2011 2:25 PM

  Montana's annual big game hunting regulations are available now online at fwp.mt.gov and will be at FWP offices and license providers by the first of April. Montana's black bear and spring turkey hunting regulations are available online and at FWP offices and license providers. But, there are two important... more »

• Sheep numbers drop along Rocky Mountain Front

  December 23, 2010 8:54 AM

  HELENA - Early winter bighorn sheep surveys along the Rocky Mountain Front indicate a drop in sheep numbers, probably due to a variety of factors, according to wildlife biologist Brent Lonner of MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks. "While we have not yet found any evidence of disease, it's probably... more »

• FWP: Bighorn sheep pneumonia in Anaconda area to run its course

  November 10, 2010 11:23 AM

  HELENA - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is reporting that the pneumonia outbreak it confirmed in Anaconda area bighorn sheep on August 19th has now spread beyond management control. Wildlife officials say they will let the disease run its course. FWP killed 44 sheep from August 19th through November... more »

• State Parks hosted record visits in 2009

  January 11, 2010 7:38 PM

  More Montanans visited state parks last year than ever before, with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reporting a record 2,000,000 visits in 2009. "83% of those visits were by Montanans," said Chas Van Genderen, State Parks Administrator. "Overall visit numbers have grown five of the past six years. Only... more »