Invasive Species

As feral pig populations in Canada and some nearby states continue to increase, wildlife and agricultural management officials are preparing for feral swine to enter Montana.

Montana is one of about a dozen states that have yet to report the presence of feral swine. But invasive species experts from the U.S. and Canada warned this week that that could change.

The project aims to remove invasive brook trout from the Upper Shields River watershed in order to protect cutthroat trout.

This season, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is closing down watercraft inspection stations in areas where risk of aquatic invasive species coming from out-of-state boats is considered low.

Several months after draining Lake Elmo in Billings to get rid of invasive Asian Clams, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has started restocking the lake with fish.

For the second time in about two years, the Bluewater State Fish Hatchery is battling an invasion of New Zealand mud snails.

Montana is adopting emergency measures to keep tree-killing invasive beetles away from state greenery after the federal government lifted national quarantine regulations Thursday.

Montana remains free of invasive feral swine but the threat still looms. Montana’s Invasive Species Council heard that update on Dec. 2 on the risk of the swine entering the state.

Edit 3/4/20: A previous version of this article stated that chokecherry is an invasive. It is, in fact, a native plant to Montana and the article has been…

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