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Lottery Open for Chance to Hunt Bison on Blackfeet Reservation

Lottery Open for Chance to Hunt Bison on Blackfeet Reservation

Hunters have until December 22nd to purchase lottery chances for a guided bison hunt on the Blackfeet Reservation. The drawing will be held on December 23rd. The lottery is a way FWP partners with the Blackfeet Tribe to demonstrate a shared commitment to managing fish and wildlife across the state

Family Home Destroyed By Fire

Family Home Destroyed By Fire

Great Falls Fire Rescue responded to a fully involved house fire located at 1813 6th Ave N. Engine 1 was the first to arrive on scene and found a two-story home with fire engulfing the front of the house, the fire was also threatening the house directly to the

FWP Analyzing Environmental Impacts for Potential New State Park

FWP Analyzing Environmental Impacts for Potential New State Park

The Montana State Parks Foundation received a donation of 109 acres of land in north-central Montana with the intent of donating the property to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to become Montana’s 56th state park. The historic property was formerly part of the PN Ranch and is located

Gibson Park Committee's Roots Revival Group Plants a Tree on Giving Tuesday

Gibson Park Committee's Roots Revival Group Plants a Tree on Giving Tuesday

Tuesday, December 3rd is Giving Tuesday, and there’s no better gift than a new tree in Gibson Park. The Roots Revival group within the Gibson Park Committee is collecting donations to replant portions of the Gibson Park canopy that were removed this past fall due to age and storm

Sampling the Work Day of a CWD Technician

Sampling the Work Day of a CWD Technician

If you ask Yvette Bonney to describe the grossest thing she’s seen during her job, she talks about the time she removed an abscessed lymph node from the neck of a mule deer, which Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff occasionally sees in deer. “All this green stuff oozed

Hunter Numbers and Harvest Success Mixed in North-Central Montana During Fourth Week of Hunting Season

Hunter Numbers and Harvest Success Mixed in North-Central Montana During Fourth Week of Hunting Season

Cold and snowy weather arrived in north-central Montana over the past week, and although the wintery weather has been welcomed by hunters and hunter success rates remain good, it has not resulted in a significant uptick in hunter numbers. Through Sunday Nov. 24, just over 2,100 hunters have

Reminders as Trapping Season Gets Underway in Much of the State

Reminders as Trapping Season Gets Underway in Much of the State

Trapping season gets into full swing on December 1st with the opening of bobcat, marten, and fisher seasons. Trapping for water-based species, like beaver, mink, muskrat, and otters opened November 1st. Wolf trapping also opens in part of Montana December 2nd, except in areas where the harvest quotas have