Some of my best memories are of playing outdoors with my brothers and sisters on the family ranch. We grew up hearing, “Get outside and play!” and we did. I remember whole days spent building forts, tracking animals, fishing and helping out around the ranch.

The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks toll-free hotline for reporting wildlife poaching, property damage, and violations of fish and game laws is in operation 24 hours a day.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently awarded $105,000 in grants to enhance shooting-range facilities in several communities.

Rural Montana has a lot of good neighbors, and now there is a way to recognize the most outstanding among them.

Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission will meet Sept. 25 at the FWP Helena Headquarters, 1420 East 6th Ave, beginning at 8 a.m. The meeting will not be in Hamilton as originally scheduled.

The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Off Highway Vehicle Advisory Committee will meet Sept. 21 in Helena, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Super 8 Motel conference room, 2200 11th Ave. South.

Montana elk and antelope archery hunters need to keep a sharp eye out for several regulation changes for the 2008 hunting seasons that require many archers to have permits in hunting districts that may not have required them in the past.

Montana’s archery-only hunting season for deer, elk and antelope begins Saturday, Sept. 6.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Park's automated licensing system has some hunters and anglers assuming hunting is more "high-tech" these days than it is.

Contact: Sara Scott—FWP Heritage Resources Program Manager; 406-444-3797; or visit the FWP web site at fwp.mt.gov Archaelogical Work At Two Western Montana State Parks Bannack Date: September 3-7, 2008 Time: 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Where :   Bannack State Park, 25 miles west of Dillon, MT Subject:   Historic archaeological excavation project that will mitigate impacts resulting from historic building stabilization at the Meade Hotel.

The Private Land/Public Wildlife Council is seeking public comment through Oct.15 on five draft recommendations regarding several Montana hunting and access issues.

With the recent deaths of nearly 300 domestic bison and some free-ranging wildlife caused by naturally occurring anthrax bacteria in southwestern Montana, some hunters have expressed concern about pursuing game in the affected area.

By order of the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission, hunting district 300, which includes portions of Gallatin and Park Counties, will be closed to all hunting of bighorn sheep, effective one-half hour after sunset on Friday, September 5, 2008.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks recently awarded $105,000 in grants to enhance shooting-range facilities in several communities.