Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks

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.

Montana state parks saw their second highest visitation rate last year following 2020’s record-setting numbers.

Communities across the state have stepped up to help the Montana WILD Rehabilitation Center in Helena take care of a migratory water bird that overextended its stay in Montana.

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks’ education center is holding two special programs next week to introduce kids of all ages to some of our wild neighbors.

The plan lays out population goals and a management plan should the federally protected Yellowstone grizzly be delisted in the future.

Commitee members want to draw more tourism dollars into southeast Montana by improving amenities at fishing and walking spots along the river.

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks says the always fatal contagious neurological disease that infects deer, elk and moose was found in a white-tailed deer in hunting district 317 southeast of Livingston and north of Yellowstone Park.