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Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

Angling and conservation groups voiced support for the fishing proposals, citing the need for science-based information.

The state Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to move forward with the process of enacting a no-wake zone at Half Moon Slough, but denied a similar petition regarding Lake Five on Thursday.

The state Fish and Wildlife Commission is expected to decide Thursday whether to move forward with boating restrictions on Half-Moon Slough and Lake Five.

Lake Five near the gateway to Glacier National Park could see new boating restrictions next year after a work group came to a consensus Tuesday.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are recruiting for a citizen-led work group tasked with studying motorized boat use on Lake Five.

A petition for Fish, Wildlife & Parks to allow motorized boats on the Bitterroot River into the summer months was withdrawn, but only after the FWP commission debated creating a working group to consider it.

A petition for FWP to allow motorized boats on the Bitterroot River into the summer months was withdrawn, but only after the FWP commission debated creating a working group to consider it.

Donation of property would nearly triple fishing access site shoreline; petition aims to restrict wake on lake