Archive for year: 2019

Heading into the final days of Montana’s big game season, numbers of mule deer and elk taken by hunters on the Rocky Mountain Front near Augusta continue to remain below average, according to a state wildlife biologist. “Elk harvest is 25 percent below the 10-year average,” said Brent Lonner, Fish, Wildlife and Parks wildlife biologist. ...

Hunter numbers over the past weekend in south central Montana generally were down from the same period a year ago while the harvest numbers were dependent on location. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists who staffed the four south central Montana said wind was the main culprit in limiting hunter participation and harvest. Here are some...

Noelle Smith was recently selected to fill the statewide migratory game bird and wetland habitat biologist position for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. This is a revised version of the migratory game bird position that now incorporates wetland habitat restoration and protection, while continuing Game and Fish’s population management effo...

Kip and Adele Stenson’s commitment to conservation and public access earned the Wibaux ranching family a Montana Good Neighbor Award recently at the state Capitol. The Stensons worked for over two years to put a conservation easement on their 15,000-acre ranch. It’s a stunning, wildlife-rich landscape that supports mule deer, antelope and game...

Kip and Adele Stenson’s commitment to conservation and public access earned the Wibaux ranching family a Montana Good Neighbor Award recently at the state Capitol. The Stensons worked for over two years to put a conservation easement on their 15,000-acre ranch. It’s a stunning, wildlife-rich landscape that supports mule deer, antelope and game...