Current issue: May-June 2013

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In this issue:

Good for Grass, Good for Grayling: An innovative new conservation agreement could help save an imperiled fish while easing pressures on Big Hole ranchers. Read more >>

Peak Pleasures : A desire to keep lists and explore high elevations drives peakbaggers to reach one summit after another. Read more >>

Yellow Light on the Yellowstone: FWP proceeds with caution as it works to maintain the lower Yellowstone River’s diverse native fishery in the face of diversion dams, water withdrawals, and growing numbers of anglers. Read more >>

Counting Crows: FWP wildlife biologists listen closely each May to get a fix on pheasant populations. Read more >>

Bridging the Divide: Fifty years ago, Montanans came together and decided that streams were worth saving. Read more >>

Montana Outdoors Portrait: Belted kinfisher. Read more >>

Our Point of View: New plan could help Montana maintain control. Read more >>

The Back Porch: Spring on the Wing. Read more >>

New feature! Eating the Outdoors. Read more >>

New feature! FWP At Work. Read more >>

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Fishing

Fishing for Serenity

The Water is Up and Peck is Back: When water filled Fort Peck last year and flooded its shorelines, a storehouse of nutrients washed into the reservoir. That triggered an ecological chain reaction, creating some of the best fishing in years for walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, and other species.

Wildlife

Black bears

Terror at Soda Butte:Grizzlies rarely attack humans with an intent to kill. Yet, tragically, a female bear became predatory two years ago at a U.S. Forest Service campground near Cooke City. Investigators still don’t know why.

Natural World

Black bears

The Land That Time Forgot:What are West Coast rainforest creatures doing in northwestern Montana?

Education

Pictograph Cave State Park

Standing for Montana: Strange stories of how the bitterroot, grizzly bear, mourning cloak butterfly, and Montana’s other state symbols came into existence.

Hunting

Pictograph Cave State Park

Welcome to Montana Elk Hunting: Advice for residents and nonresidents on where to hunt, obtaining reliable information, and negotiating the licensing and permitting process.