Sonja Andersen News Today

GREAT FALLS - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is proposing to purchase and manage a conservation easement on 1,080 acres owned by owned by Cliff

GREAT FALLS - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is proposing to purchase and manage a conservation easement on 1,080 acres owned by owned by Cliff

Comparing two adjacent elk hunting districts in central Montana shows how hunter access can reduce elk populations as the state is being sued by landowners to reduce elk populations.

In 1992, 1,321 mule deer were shot by hunters in Hunting District 502 — a record high. In 2021, the total mule deer harvest in HD 502 was 477.

The agency is seeking public issues or concerns as it prepares a draft environmental assessment for the proposed Big Spring Creek Conservation Easement in Fergus County.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is preparing a draft environmental assessment for the proposed Big Spring Creek Conservation Easement in Fergus County near Lewistown. FWP invites the public to identify

The land would provide additional access to 15,400 acres of adjoining state and Bureau of Land Management property.

Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is preparing a draft environmental assessment for a proposed conservation easement (CE) in Fergus County near Winifred, MT. FWP invites the public to identify any

The proposed Hannah Ranch CE consists of approximately 3,800 deeded acres of mixed grassland and shrubland in the northwestern foothills of the Big Snowy Mountains in Fergus County within deer/elk

The land is part of the Hannah Ranch, established in 1883 by Rogers Clifford. Clifford came to Montana from Maine in 1879, according to a history of the community of