Last boat ramp at Cooney State Park to close for the season Low water levels in reservoir make boat access impossible BILLINGS – The last available boat ramp at Cooney State Park will close at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, until further notice because of low water in the reservoir. Receding water levels in the reservoir have left the bottoms of a...
Montana Youth Hunting Opportunity Weekend
Montana’s young hunters will have the state’s waterfowl and pheasants pretty much to themselves Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 25-26. Licensed hunters ages 15 and under may hunt ducks, geese, coots, mergansers and ring-necked pheasants statewide on these two special days set aside for youngsters, but they must be accompanied by a non-hunting...
Is it time for a New Bow?
Upgrade your archery gear with the Wyoming Super Tag. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is running a bonus raffle for all hunters who purchase Super Tag tickets during the month of September to win a customizable Mathews V3-31 bow, donated by Mathews Archery. The 2021 V3 features Mathews longest riser to axle-to-axle ratio to give hunters ...
Muddy Event Planned for Fort Owen State Park
Fort Owen State Park and the Friends of Fort Owen will host a “mud party” event on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the park (99 Fort Owen Ranch Road in Stevensville). Stop by for hands-on activities related to the adobe bricks that are a unique part of the park’s history. The free public event will include education stations that...
SW MT Seeking Applicants for Citizens Advisory Committee
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff in southwest Montana are seeking applicants to the region’s Citizens Advisory Committee. The committee meets several times per year and operates in an advisory capacity to help FWP be responsive and effective resource managers within the constraints of the law. Citizen advisors help identify emerging tr...
Wyoming Boating Inspections
Boating season in Wyoming is winding down and so are the Wyoming Game and Fish Department aquatic invasive species check stations. Check stations throughout the state will start to close or reduce their hours beginning this month. However, it is a requirement that any watercraft transported into Wyoming from March 1 through Nov. 30 must under...
Wings of various grouse & hungarian partridge to be collected in SW MT
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologists will be collecting wings from hunter-harvested sage-grouse, mountain grouse and Hungarian partridge in several areas of southwest Montana. Biologists will use these wings to identify birds by species and age class — juvenile or adult. This helps biologists monitor juvenile recruitment among game bi...
CWD Testing in Wyoming’s Deer Areas 96 & 97
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is trying something new this year in their ongoing effort to monitor chronic wasting disease in Wyoming. CWD is a fatal disease of the central nervous system in mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk and moose. For the first time, Game and Fish is requiring mandatory CWD sample submission on deer harvested from ...
Free Bear Spray available in Wyoming Tuesday Sept. 7th.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in cooperation with the Safari Club International Foundation and the Western Bear Foundation, plans to distribute bear spray to hunters and anglers at no cost on Tuesday, September 7, at the Teton County fair & rodeo grounds. Wyoming Game and Fish Large Carnivore Biologist Mike Boyce said 100 cans of b...
MT FWP seeking info. on fish killed in Hatchery Display Pond
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking information about trout killed in the hatchery display pond at Giant Springs Fish Hatchery in Great Falls. FWP Game Warden Andrew Burton believes that someone scaled the chain link fence surrounding the hatchery and used a knife to spear and slash many of the large trout in the circular display pon...