Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks

The state of Montana is awarding $4 million to build and improve recreational sites and public access along the Lower Yellowstone River in southeastern Montana. Organizers hope to attract outdoor enthusiasts.

More than a half dozen wildlife bills have been signed into law, all with a similar vision for Montana: they suggest that there are too many predators on the landscape — and that numbers of animals like wolves and grizzly bears need to be reduced. Now, questions are proliferating over the future of predators in Montana. How that future looks lies at the intersection of law, values, and living with those species on the ground.

A rare native fish species has been discovered for the first time in two northwest Montana lakes. The discovery is part of state fish and wildlife...

Inspectors are finding a rash of boats carrying invasive species into Montana, though the boating season’s busiest stretch is yet to come.

Fish biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are trying to determine why fish are dying on a section of the Madison River.

A recent study from RaptorView Research Institute in Missoula found that most golden eagles that wintered in the Bitterroot Valley between 2011 and 2018...

The State of Montana has taken the first step in a process to transfer operational management of a state park to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

A section of the Yellowstone River between Reed Point and Columbus is closed as a dangerous deteriorated bridge is removed from the river.

During a typical spring, several hundred thousand ducks, geese, swans and other migrating birds rest and refuel near Choteau before continuing their journeys north. Wildlife officials track the number of waterfowl at the Freezout Lake Wildlife Management Area each day, as well as the growing number of visitors from across Montana and neighboring states.

Montana’s second mussel-fouled boat of the year was intercepted Monday at the Dillon watercraft check station.