Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is asking people in southeastern Montana to reach out if they notice bat roosts on their properties and would like to participate in bat monitoring.

Wildlife managers will close the hunt for bighorn sheep in parts of northcentral Montana this year…amidst concerns that disease is decimating the population.

Trapping season for furbearing animals is well underway and Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks is asking bobcat hunters and trappers this winter to submit samples of their catches.

It’s been less than a decade since Montana wildlife managers first confirmed a fatal neurological disease in the state’s wild deer herds, and researchers are trying to understand how humans affect its spread.

Boaters in the Yellowstone River near Gardiner spotted a gristly sight this week—a bloated grizzly carcass without its head and paws.

Wildlife managers are publishing the results of a multi-year study of pronghorn antelope in Montana. That research is helping ranchers in Central Montana figure out how to better share the land with pronghorn.

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is limiting available hunting licenses for antlerless mule deer to support population numbers in Eastern Montana, where the 10-year decline of mule deer is in the double digits.

Grizzlies in Montana are being spotted further east in recent years, and wildlife managers are bringing their educational programs to some of those same areas.

An event in Bozeman Tuesday celebrates what wildlife managers call a forty year success story in recovering and protecting grizzlies.

Canada geese found dead at the popular Laurel South Pond last week have tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, (HPAI) which can be fatal to humans and pets.