http://fwp.mt.gov Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks en-US 25718 360 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss (pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" comment "ICRAonline EN v2.0" l r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0)) http://fwp.mt.gov/images/fwp_88x31.jpghttp://fwp.mt.gov/news/8831Fri, 09 May 2008 06:19:04 GMT HuntingFri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT The board of TIP-MONT, Montana and #39;s outdoor crime stopper program, recently awarded $14,900 to 27 individuals who called the TIP-MONT hot line in 2007 and provided valuable information helping to solve outdoor crimes. TIP-MONT logged nearly 1,400 calls in the past year that provided wardens with useful information. About 800 of them provided sufficient detail to enable an immediate investigation by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6767.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6767.aspx HuntingFri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission is seeking comment on tentative mountain lion hunting quotas for the 2008 season. While the commission has tentatively agreed to maintain most of the 2007 mountain lion quotas, here and #39;s an update on proposed changes: Region 1--Northwestern Montana Hunting District 100: increase limited licenses from 20 to 25; female subquota would be 10. HD 104: increase limited licenses from 10 to 12 ; female subquota would be three.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6766.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6766.aspx HuntingFri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Spring black bear hunting in some management units closes May 15, while hunting in other bear management units closes May 31 or June 15. Hunters are responsible for checking the 2008 bear regulations for exact season dates before they hunt. In bear management units with quotas, black bear hunting closes earlier when those quotas are met.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6762.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6762.aspx HuntingThu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT As Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks prepares to intervene in a lawsuit filed this week against the federal government over a decision to delist gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains, the agency continues to field questions about the state and #39;s wolf management role and what private citizens can do to protect their pets and livestock. Until a federal judge rules otherwise, FWP will continue to follow its federally-approved management plan and associated Montana state laws.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6761.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6761.aspx HuntingThu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials confirmed today that they will submit a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed this week against the federal government over a decision to remove gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains from the list of endangered species. FWP officials also said the agency will similarly oppose a request from about a dozen groups that seeks a preliminary injunction from the federal district court in Missoula where the lawsuit was filed.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6760.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6760.aspx HuntingMon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission is seeking comment on tentative mountain lion hunting quotas for the 2008 season. While the commission has tentatively agreed to maintain most of the 2007 mountain lion quotas, here and #39;s an update on proposed changes: Region 1--Northwestern Montana and middot; Hunting District 100: increase limited licenses from 20 to 25; female subquota would be 10.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6742.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6742.aspx HuntingFri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe deadline for landowners to apply to raise and release ring-necked pheasants is May 15. Under Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Upland Game Bird Release Program, landowners who attempt to establish pheasant populations in suitable habitat can be reimbursed for raising and releasing pheasants. http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6712.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6712.aspx HuntingFri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTMontana elk and antelope archery hunters need to keep a sharp eye out for several recently adopted regulation changes for the 2008 hunting seasons that will require archers to apply for permits in hunting districts that may not have required permits in the past.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6711.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6711.aspx HuntingFri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTApplying for special big game hunting permits and licenses is a lot easier these days for hunters who use the Internet instead of laboring over a paper application. Resident and nonresident hunters can apply for special permits and licenses simply by going to the FWP web site at fwp.mt.gov and using FWP’s Online Services. http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6710.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6710.aspx HuntingFri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTBrian Shinn, an FWP research assistant, and I were capturing and radio-equipping lion kittens for a long-term mountain lion study in the Garnet Mountains in June 2001, east of Missoula, when we used bear spray to deter a female mountain lion that came within five feet of us. http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6708.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6708.aspx HuntingFri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTWHAT TO DO IF YOU LIVE IN MOUNTAIN LION COUNTRY http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6707.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6707.aspx HuntingFri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTHOW TO BEHAVE IN MOUNTAIN LION COUNTRY http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6706.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6706.aspx HuntingFri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTMontana wildlife managers say the following recommendations are minimum requirements for effective use of bear spray—whether it is being used with charging bears or pouncing, swiping lions.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6705.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6705.aspx HuntingFri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTMontana archery hunters need to keep a sharp eye out for several recently adopted regulation changes for the 2008 hunting seasons.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6690.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6690.aspx HuntingThu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Two typographical errors in Montana and #39;s big game hunting regulations resulted in an incorrect moose season type in one northwestern Montana hunting district and an incorrect season date for white-tailed deer in another. On page 16 of the moose, sheep and goat hunting regulations, the moose seasons for hunting district 105 are erroneously listed as "Archery Only." The seasons are actually for either-sex moose in hunting district 105-00 and antlerless moose in hunting district 105-10.http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6688.aspx http://fwp.mt.gov/news/article_6688.aspx