Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks

A recent bird count shows more endangered whooping cranes are making the trip through the Great Plains than ever before.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologist leading the workshop calls electric fences the best deterrent.

The watercraft cleaning station features a set of tools to clear vessels of aquatic interlopers.

The conservation-focused investment firm Beartooth Group initially bought the two island parcels as part of a larger ranch purchase. The firm's founder says selling the island properties to the state helps ensure they continue to be wildlife habitat and maintain river health.

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.

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.

Western Montanans are being asked to report sightings of a specific reptile native to eastern Montana but considered an increasingly harmful invasive species west of the Divide.

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

The season closed Tuesday with 272 wolves killed out of the state’s total threshold of 450.

Wolf hunting and trapping in southwest Montana is now closed after reaching the state's threshold of 82 wolves.