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FWP prepares new Wolf Management Plan
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will prepare an environmental impact statement and conduct public scoping on a pr…
Investigation into Thompson River griz shooting completed
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have completed their investigation of a reported self-defense shooting of a male grizzly bear in the Lower Thompson River area on Oct. 26.
Whitetail harvest remains strong
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials report that according to numbers from the six Northwest Montana check stations, the whitetail harvest continues to be strong.
Wounded Marias Pass grizzly found dead
A grizzly bear wounded by an elk hunter near Marias Pass was found dead Oct. 28 about 150 yards from where it was shot, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials report. Not far away was the carcass of a poached m…
Wolf take by landowners lower than expected
Wounded grizzly creates hazard at Marias Pass
Officials from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are warning hunters and other recreationists to beware of a wounded grizzly bear in Hunting D…
Audubon recognizes John Frederick
Solid opener for whitetails in Northwest Montana
Hunters took to the field across Northwest Montana for the opening weekend of the general deer and elk season on Saturday and Sunday.
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State parks plan
Two men sentenced for deer poaching
Two 21-year-old Kalispell men were recently sentenced in Flathead County Justice court for poaching 10 white-tailed deer in the Farm-to-Market Road area in December 2013.
Group sues over failure to list wolverines
South Fork timber sales still await court ruling
Deer illegally shot and wasted
Mining makes a comeback in Old Bannack
Bannack placer mining picked up again in the spring of 1866. Because water was needed to flush out the placer deposits, the first miners in the gulch ignored g…
Canyon trail on track for next year
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Wilderness auction