Montana News

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is undertaking two significant steps to enhance the conservation and recovery efforts for the threatened Canada lynx population in the lower 48 states. The Service is proposing revisions to the existing critical habitat designation and has released the final recovery plan for this

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

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

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

Three people were charged this month in Broadwater County courts following an almost year-long investigation by game wardens into several animals killed in 2023. The investigation began with a tip to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks from a concerned citizen. During the investigation, FWP game wardens uncovered evidence indicating

A Box Elder woman admitted on Nov. 13 to lying on a form to buy two firearms that were later used in a double homicide, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Airian Mariah Russette, 30, pleaded guilty to false statement during a firearms transaction. Russette faces a