Author: Moosetrack Megan

HELENA, Mont. – May 3, 2024 — On May 9 the Helena-Lewis and Clark Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet to…

Hamilton, MT — The Bitterroot National has received a Notice of Intent (NOI) to conduct mineral exploration from U.S. Critical Materials…

REEDSPORT, Ore. — Nearly 18,000 young salmon died after a vandal poured bleach into a Douglas County fish hatchery tank…

A 40-year-old male, Clarence Yoder, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, approached a bison too closely (within 25 yards) on the afternoon…

KALISPELL — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking volunteers for a trail maintenance project on Wild Horse Island on Flathead…

SOUTH BLAINE COUNTY, Mont. – Bureau of Land Management officials signed a Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact for…

Post Falls angler releases record trout Congratulations to Daniel Whitesitt of Post Falls, Idaho on landing a new Catch-and-Release state…

BIG ARM, Mont. – Today, Governor Greg Gianforte and Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (FWP) Director Dustin Temple celebrated the…

HELENA, Mont. – April 16, 2024 — This year’s celebration of World Migratory Bird Day will take place at Montana Fish,…

Seeley Lake, Mont., April 19, 2024 – The seasonal roads designated to open May 1 on the Seeley Lake Ranger District…

It’s springtime in Idaho, and that means adult steelhead are returning to their birthplace to spawn the next generation of…

MISSOULA – The University of Montana Foundation and the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation announce the launch of “Treasure Montana:…

Idaho Fish and Game is reminding burbot anglers on the Kootenai River to turn in their creel packets by May…

Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) has investigated a recent surge in moose mortalities across the Upper Snake Region.…

A grizzly bear was euthanized Monday after confirmed cattle depredation on private land south of Ten Sleep. On April 14,…

HELENA, Mont. –  Today, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) released the 2024 Montana Water Supply Outlook Report,…

Thompson Falls, Mont., April 8, 2024 — The Lolo National Forest is pleased to announce the selection of Curtis Rintz…

HELENA, Mont. – April 10, 2024 – This summer, the USDA Forest Service, Montana Discovery Foundation, National Smokejumpers Association, and…

MISSOULA — A Missoula woman who admitted to stealing property from the U.S. Forest Service was sentenced today to two…

Polson, Montana – The gates to the SKQ Overlook will be opening soon. On April 15 the gates to the…

The third and final installment in the 2024 Wilderness Speaker Series will feature a panel of local artists who have…

Given the lack of precipitation from November through most of January in Montana, above normal precipitation was needed over the…

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Beginning Nov. 1, 2024, Yellowstone National Park will expand fishing access by allowing for year-round…

Polson, Montana — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) approved a request from Energy Keepers, Inc (EKI) to deviate from the…

HELENA – A Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks warden stopped a driver pulling a ski boat after he drove past an aquatic…

On the morning of April 2, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) received a report of a possible depredation incident after…

Though a Michigan hunter reported that he harvested a large animal in Calhoun County in January during a legal coyote…

As bears are beginning to wake from hibernation across the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 39 bear-proof containers are being delivered to…

On March 29 near Lookingglass Hatchery in northeast Oregon, a fish tanker truck was involved in an accident while transporting…

WEST GLACIER, Mont. [April 1, 2024] –Glacier National Park has announced plans for construction areas during the 2024 spring and summer…

Bozeman, MT, April 1, 2024— As the winter season comes to an end and the weather starts to warm up,…

CHEYENNE – Wyoming hunters had one of the most successful elk hunting seasons on record in 2023-24, with nearly a…

From Idaho Fish and Game For the first time since 2013, statewide elk harvest came in below 20,000. It didn’t…

MISSOULA – The escalation of extreme wildfires globally has prompted a critical examination of wildfire management strategies. A new study from…

Story by Lt. Col. Michelle Lunato FORT MOORE — U.S. Army Sergeants Ivan Roe and Sagen Maddalena qualified for the…

Today, the National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that…

CORVALLIS, Ore.—ODFW’s fish health lab has detected a novel parasite in sick rainbow trout that were raised at Klamath Falls,…

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s annual fur auction will be held online in 2024. This year’s auction of…

A March 19, 2024 federal court decision will change wolf trapping seasons in some regions of Idaho based on their…

 by: Jill Pritchard The 2024 paddlefish snagging season is off to a great start after an angler reeled in a…

On March 1, 2024, an Idaho resident was sentenced in a Kootenai County court for the unlawful possession of a…

Pierce Brosnan, 70, of Malibu, California, was fined $500, and required to pay a $1,000 community service payment to the…

Kalispell, Montana, March 11, 2024— The Flathead National Forest on behalf of the Flathead County Resource Advisory Committee, is now accepting new project…

Bozeman, MT, March 11, 2024— The Custer Gallatin Bear Aware Program has received recognition at the second annual Golden Pinecone…

On March 3, visitors skiing on the Specimen Ridge Trail in the north-central part of the park observed the first…

WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing a draft plan to strengthen greater sage-grouse conservation and management on…

Ravalli County Sheriff – Coroner Steve Holton confirmed that there was a fatality associated with an avalanche in the southern…

WASHINGTON – A Montana man pleaded guilty today to two felony wildlife crimes – a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act…

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park seeks public comment on proposed measures to help stop the spread of…