Montana men plead guilty to fish and wildlife violations
A poaching investigation that began with the killing of fish in the display pond of Giant Springs Fish Hatchery in Great Falls ended with two men being sentenced on multiple fish and wildlife charges ...
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Feds and BNSF Railway set plan to protect Montana grizzlies
The agreement requires the company to take certain steps to reduce accidental grizzly bear deaths around railroad tracks.
Illegal abalone fishing discovered at Montaña de Oro State Park
Thirty-one abalone, illegally harvested from the water off the shore of Montaña de Oro State Park, have been returned to the ...
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Montana joins suit against New York state climate law
Montana and 21 other state attorneys general are suing New York state to stop the state’s law that requires energy companies ...
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Federal government approves BNSF’s grizzly conservation plan
The railroad will support conservation efforts in northwest Montana in return for a permit allowing it to ‘take’ 19 grizzly ...
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Research finds healthy trout in regional rivers but population concerns remain
Research by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Montana State University found that the majority of fish in the Big Hole, ...
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BNSF Completes Long-awaited Conservation Plan to Offset Train-killed Grizzly Bears
In an effort to minimize the deadly risks to grizzly bears living along a 206-mile stretch of railroad tracks spanning ...
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BNSF plan to address Montana grizzly bear deaths is approved
BNSF Railway has completed a plan to address grizzly bear deaths along its rail line near Glacier National Park in Montana ...
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Briefs: Infection-free fish; Department of Commerce director resigns
Montana wildlife officials this week announced that surveys of fish populations in the Upper Missouri Basin showed minimal ...
Officials will consider banning motorized boats on Bull River amidst citizen complaints
Wildlife officials will consider new rules regulating the use of motorized boats on the Bull River south of Libby, following a petition from a local landowner. The Fish, Wildlife and Parks commission ...
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Halt Galt’s Latest Attempt to Privatize Elk
Martinsdale, is at it again. This time, he’s cosponsoring SB 270, a bill that would lift the reasonable cap of three elk per hunter per year, and allow an unlimited number of elk to be shot by one ...
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Fish And Wildlife Service, BNSF Railway Reach Plan To Reduce Grizzly-Train Collisions
Years of grizzly-train collisions that have killed 75 bears between 1975 and 2023 have led to a plan aimed at reducing the deaths, some of which have occurred on the doorstep to Glacier National Park ...