December 18
Montana State Parks announced today that 2021 float permit applications for Smith River State Park will be available Monday, Jan. 4, through Monday, Feb. 15. The permit drawing will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
December 18
The Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a public hearing via Zoom on Jan. 5, at 2 p.m. to consider the proposed adoption and amendment of a rule pertaining to limiting Tepee Lake to manually operated watercraft.
December 18
The Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP) advisory council will conduct a Zoom meeting on Friday, Jan. 8, starting at 9 a.m.
December 18
Groups or individuals interested in constructing or improving a community fishing pond have until Feb. 1 to apply for a Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Community Pond Program grant.
December 18
The State of Montana Fish Guidance Board, which includes Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) and the Departments of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), has updated the fish consumption guidance for all species of fish on a 148-mile stretch of the Clark Fork River and tributaries in western Montana in response to new research results
December 18
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) has an opportunity to partner with Musselshell County for a no-cost leased fishing access site near Roundup MT on the Musselshell River.
December 17
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing that it buy two islands in the Yellowstone River east of Reed Point for a fishing access site and to fulfill a need for woody debris and wildlife habitat removed during cleanup of the July 1, 2011, ExxonMobil Pipeline Company oil spill at Laurel.
December 17
The International Dark-Sky Association has officially designated Medicine Rocks State Park as a certified International Dark Sky Sanctuary. Medicine Rocks State Park and Glacier National Park are the only certified dark sky sites in the state of Montana.