Prickly Pear Land Trust announced 198 acres at War Eagle Hill have been “permanently protected” through an agreement with the Montana National Guard and Double L Family Land. The parcel is located six miles west of Helena behind Fort Harrison, which is a training facility and also hosts a United States Veteran Affairs Medical Center. […]
Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday lifted fishing restrictions on most of the park’s rivers and streams that have been in place since late July. On July 29, park officials implemented hoot-owl restrictions on all rivers and streams, prohibiting fishing from 2 p.m. to sunrise, due to high water temperatures and low stream flows. Now, officials […]
Two lawsuits filed in federal court seek to overturn a new policy by the Bureau of Land Management revoking federal grazing permits for bison herds in Montana. American Prairie, a conservation organization that owns and leases vast swaths of land in eastern Montana, has grazed a herd of more than 900 bison on federal land […]
Yellowstone National Park is on pace for its third busiest season on record, falling just off record pace during July. Park officials released the latest monthly and year-to-date statistics showing that 958,706 visited Yellowstone in July, down 2% from last year. It was also 11% fewer visitors than in 2021, the park’s record-breaking year and […]
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said Stage 1 fire restrictions are in place on land it manages in Lake County. Those places include state parks, fishing access sites, wildlife management areas and other areas. A news release Monday said the action followed restrictions put in place by Lake County and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai […]
How many wolves are left in Montana? Nobody knows. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks admitted that its iPOM counting method over-estimated wolf numbers for years. Instead of 1,094 wolves, FWP’s revised iPOM 2.0 method now estimates that Montana’s population is 725 wolves—34% less. Longtime wolf researchers say the population is closer to 400 wolves. Either […]
While two-thirds of Montana is getting a bit of relief from wildfire smoke, conditions in the western portion likely will continue to be smoky, according to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. By Monday afternoon, smoke had cleared out of much of the central portion of the state, with Great Falls, Helena and Havre all […]
Continued rising air and water temperatures across western Montana has prompted Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to add additional fishing restrictions and closures along the Bitterroot drainage during the weekend. Daily hoot-owl restrictions began on Aug. 1, prohibiting fishing from 2 p.m. to midnight. These restrictions are intended to prevent excessive fish mortality due to […]
Continued rising air and water temperatures across southwest and western Montana has prompted Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to add additional fishing restrictions and closures along several rivers and streams beginning July 29. Full fishing closures, aimed at protecting threatened bull trout populations along the Clark Fork River, will take effect within 100 yards of […]
Wildfire smoke continues to roll into Montana as fire season has begun to pick up both in the state and regionally the Montana Department of Environmental Quality said Monday. Much of western Montana was near or above 100 AQI, with Great Falls and some sensors around Helena picking up air quality readings in the red, […]
