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Montana FWP announces River Recreation Management Plan for Madison River

| November 24, 2011

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced earlier this month that it will implement a River Recreation Management Plan for the Madison River. A Mecca for trout fishermen the world over – and a recreation hotspot for whitewater rafters, float tubers and other users – the plan will address social issues facing the [...]

Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge comes alive during annual swan migration

| November 10, 2011

RED ROCK LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE – The Centennial Valley was blanketed with the first snowfall of the year on Saturday as we passed through Alaska Basin and the expanse of Upper Red Rock Lake appeared through our frosty windshield. We’d packed our tents, our sleeping bags and our cook kits in the trunk, committed [...]

EHD outbreak takes significant toll on Montana white-tailed deer population

| November 3, 2011

An outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, has hit white-tailed deer populations hard in some areas of Montana this hunting season. The disease, which causes fever, organ failure and internal hemorrhaging, has contributed to massive die-offs of deer in the central and eastern portions of the state. “This year we have heard reports of [...]