Latest news from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks :.Ben Pierce | March 31, 2011
The first flocks of snow geese flying north to the Canadian Arctic typically arrive at Montana’s Freezeout Lake during the last two weeks of March. Depending on the weather and conditions at the lake, the number of geese present at any one time can easily exceed 100,000 birds. Tundra swans, Canada geese and a vast [...]
Ben Pierce | March 25, 2011
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking information on the killing of a gray wolf in the Gallatin National Forest on March 9. The wolf, which was killed in the Eagle Creek drainage, died of a gunshot wound. The killing of the wolf was a violation of the Endangered Species Act. “The U.S. Fish [...]
Ben Pierce | March 24, 2011
When Steve Caldwell envisioned his new home after making the decision to move away from Denver 13 years ago, he might have imagined a place like the Paradise Valley — a broad landscape with plenty of access to backcountry ski runs, hiking trails and a national park. What he might not have foreseen when he [...]
Ben Pierce | March 22, 2011
House Bill 309 – aka the “Ditch Bill” – which aimed to amend Montana’s stream access law, has been tabled in the Montana Senate after stiff opposition from angler and sportsmen groups across the state. HB 309 grew out of the 2008 Montana Supreme Court ruling on Mitchell Slough along the Bitterroot River. The bill, [...]
Ben Pierce | March 17, 2011
Camille Egdorf spent her first summer near the banks of the Nushagak River in Alaska’s Bristol Bay before she was old enough to walk. Her father, Dave Egdorf of Hardin, founded Western Alaska Sportsfishing in the early 1980s. Camille has headed north every year since. Now 21 years old and a student at Montana State [...]
Ben Pierce | March 10, 2011
Ice climbing, to me, has always looked eerily similar to hitting glass with a hammer. There’s always something breaking, the few times I’ve had the chance to watch. And of the handful of jargon words I’ve heard, about half involve some form of the word scream, like “screamers,” and my favorite, “the screaming barfies.” I’m [...]
Ben Pierce | March 7, 2011
A bill that has sparked controversy over private property rights and Montana’s landmark stream access law is headed for a Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Committee meeting on Tuesday. House Bill 309, sponsored by Rep. Jeffery Welborn, R-Dillon, would amend Montana’s stream access to clarify what irrigation ditches are and clarify the prohibition of public [...]
Ben Pierce | March 3, 2011
BIG SKY – Herb Davis has helped facilitate the growth of the cross-country skiing in Southwest Montana for the better part of three decades. Davis moved to the Bozeman area in 1979, coached Bridger Ski Foundation and Montana State University ski teams in the late 80s and early 90s, and now serves as director of [...]
Ben Pierce | March 1, 2011
Unfortunate news from the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks today: Ryan Molde, 35, was convicted in Gallatin County District Court of illegally feeding bighorn sheep along Big Sky Road in Big Sky. According to FWP spokeswoman Mel Frost, Molde was feeding the animals hay to draw them in for the purpose of photographing [...]
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