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Some October days in Wyoming can feel more like full-on winter than fall. And it was one of those days, with a cold steel wind blowing across the water of Soda Lake north of Pinedale. Sam Gertsch of Alpine admits he had thought twice about whether he really wanted to be out in it that…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in coordination with the Shoshone National Forest, will be conducting a prescribed burn on Trail Lake Meadow in the Torrey Valley. Trail Lake Meadow is within the Whiskey Basin Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) south of Dubois. The burn will take place in the late winter or early spring…
– Ice fishermen who access Cooney Reservoir with automobiles, ATVs or snowmobiles are reminded that they must drive onto and off of the ice only from boat ramps. Those who drive directly from campgrounds, parking areas and roadways onto the ice are causing damage to park resources. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks prohibits off-road…
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks closed a 200-yard stretch of the Yellowstone River east of Reed Point Monday because an old highway bridge is in imminent danger of collapsing into the water. The Montana Department of Transportation informed FWP this week that the Twin Bridges Road bridge over the Yellowstone River is subject to imminent…
2020 marked the 25th anniversary of Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Block Management Program. This popular access program started locally across Montana in the mid-1980s. However, through HB195 in the 1995 Legislative Session, it created the program as it’s formally known today starting with the 1996 hunting season. Block Management provides public hunting opportunities on private…
While the new Pilot Hill Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) west of Laramie is already popular with the public, recreationists are reminded of a seasonal closure to protect wintering wildlife. The Pilot Hill WHMA provides critical habitat for elk, mule deer, pronghorn and numerous nongame species of greatest conservation need. To minimize disturbance to…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has confirmed a new deer hunt area that is positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). CWD was confirmed in Deer Hunt Area 138 with a positive test from a mule deer buck that was found dead. Deer Hunt Area 138 southeast of Pinedale, bordered by Deer Hunt Area…
Shape Up Montana is a fun, interactive three-month team competition from February 1 to May 1 that encourages Montanans to develop healthy physical activity and eating habits. Team Effort The Shape Up Montana program is a team wellness program where teams, made up of friends, family members, coworkers, etc. can compete against other…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is extending congratulations to three Wyoming landowners who were recipients of the 2020 Access Recognition Program award. The program honors Wyoming landowners who provide access to or through their lands to hunters and anglers. Each year, the Wyoming Board of Agriculture and the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission…
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and partnering organizations and agencies captured and translocated bighorn sheep this month to an area of the Little Belt Mountains about 65 miles southeast of Great Falls. Bighorn sheep, whose populations were once vast across the West, were extirpated from the Little Belts by the early 20th century. In the…