An in-person hunter education course in Ulm will open soon for registration. The course will be held at the Great Falls Trap Club in Ulm over two consecutive Friday -Saturday periods, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Friday night classes will be held from 6-8:30 p.m. on March 24 and 31. Saturday classes will be held from 8 a.m.
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County Commissioners voted during their March 14 meeting to approve the submittal of an application to the Montana Department of Natural Resources for a conservation easement on 80 acres of school trust land on Fox Farm Road. The application starts the formal DNRC process, including a new appraisal on the property to determine the amount required to purchase the easement.
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The deadline for Smith River float application is Feb. 15. The permit drawing will be held Feb. 21. Permits are required to float the 59-mile section of river between Camp Baker and Eden Bridge and are issued each year through a lottery. Parties of up to 15 people can float with one permit. A person applying for a Smith River
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Wildlife health staff with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks recently detected chronic wasting disease in a mule deer buck found dead within the city limits of Great Falls in January. The adult buck was observed acting abnormally by a property owner, who later found the dead deer inside a building on the property. Biologists collected samples from the deer, and
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Favorable burning conditions create an opportunity for Bureau of Land Management North Central Montana District fuels program team to implement the Blacksmith/Tiger Butte prescribed pile-burning operations this week. Starting Jan. 31, the team plans to burn about 410 acres of woody hand piles on BLM-managed lands administered by the Lewistown Field Office in Montana’s Little Belt Mountain Range, about 30
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Avian influenza was detected in Montana last spring and is continuing to affect domestic and wild birds, according to Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. A number of dead geese have been spotted in the Missouri River in and around Great Falls and they’re suspected to have died from the disease, according to FWP. “Cold weather is helping to preserve the
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, with the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, is working to improve winter range habitat and manage fire resiliency on the 20,000-acre Sun River Wildlife Management Area west of Augusta. In the coming days, a 200-acre prescribed burn is planned on the WMA to assist Montana FWP with enhancing elk habitat and reducing fuel loads, according
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City Commissioners approved a $167,733 contract change order for the first phase of the Missouri River North Bank Stabilization. The original contract of $581,700 was awarded to Winkler Excavating in August. The project will stabilize the bank along the north shore of the Missouri River where erosion is threatening both a 36-inch buried sewer line and the Rivers Edge Trail.
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The Great Falls Ski and Board Club is bringing in Teton Gravity Research’s newest ski and snowboard film, “Magic Hour” to The Newberry on Dec. 7. This will be a family friendly event so all ages are welcome. TGR films usually feature their home mountain Jackson Hole Resort as well as Cooke City area in Montana along with places around
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Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Region 4 Citizen Advisory Committee meets at 6 p.m. Dec. 14 at the FWP Regional Office in Great Falls. Citizen Advisory Committee members will receive a presentation on FWP’s priorities for the upcoming legislative session and discuss topics of interest with local lawmakers who are also invited to the meeting. The Region 4 CAC is
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