Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public input on an environmental assessment that will lead to a proposed agricultural lease on approximately 75 acres of irrigated alfalfa fields on the Beckman Wildlife Management Area near Denton. FWP invites the public to review and comment on the draft EA for the proposal. FWP is seeking to o...
WYGF Commission meets in Cody March 16-17
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will be meeting in Cody, March 16-17. The public is invited to attend in person or via ZOOM video conferencing and will have a chance to comment on each specific agenda item and can speak to the Commission about any matter, regardless of their attendance method. For those who would like to attend in perso...
Public Comment sought on draft 2021-22 migratory game bird regs.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public comment on Draft 2021–2022 Migratory Game Bird Regulations. Although many of the regulations are similar to recent seasons, the department is providing two options for waterfowl seasons based on responses from a Montana waterfowl hunter survey conduct in fall 2020. One option is a wat...
MT Hunter Harvest Surveys Underway
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will begin conducting elk and wolf harvest surveys by phone starting March 1. FWP will call a sample of more than 100,000 hunters to gather harvest information on last year’s hunt. The survey asks randomly selected hunters a series of short questions about their hunting effort and harvest succes...
Specific Big Game Lic. App. Deadlines coming up soon in Wyoming
Applications for resident and nonresident bighorn sheep, mountain goat and moose licenses are due to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department before midnight Monday, March 1. The beginning of March also marks the opening of the month-long wild bison application period, closing March 31. All applications must be submitted online. Applicants will ne...
MT FWP Seeks Input on Martinsdale Reservoir Burbot Project
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking input on a proposal to introduce burbot in Martinsdale Reservoir. The goal of the introduction would be to provide future additional angling opportunities at the reservoir. FWP has stocked the reservoir since 1940, primarily with rainbow trout. It is currently managed as a put-grow-and-take fishe...
MT FWP wants public comment on Plenty Coups State Park construction
– Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is looking for public comment on a proposal to replace an aging travel trailer at Chief Plenty Coups State Park south of Billings with a permanent structure. An AmeriCorps volunteer who works at the state park now lives in an aging travel trailer on the site. Repairs to the trailer now cost more than the ...
Do You want to be a Wyoming Game Warden?
Do you look good in red? The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is offering an exam online for individuals interested in joining the ranks of the storied Wyoming game warden. The deadline to apply for the exam is April 5. Game and Fish is hiring for up to 12 warden positions in locations around the state. “The Wyoming game warden is a job un...
MT Hunting & Fishing License Year Begins March 1
Feb 17, 2021 4:19 PM The new license year opens March 1, which means that is the day you can buy your 2021 hunting and fishing licenses and begin applying for permits and special licenses. The deadline to apply for deer and elk permits is April 1. Applications for most species – deer, elk, antelope, deer B, elk B, antelope B, moo...
MT FWP wants Public Comment on Water Birch FAS Construction
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is looking for public comment on a proposal to replace five camp spots that were undercut by Rock Creek at the Water Birch fishing access site south of Roberts. The deadline for public comment is noon March 18, 2021. During the past several years, Rock Creek has cut into the fishing access site, destroyin...