Many commenters on HB 222 Tuesday also offered testimony on House Bill 176, a proposal by Shannon Maness, a Republican ...

Two fishing access sites in southwest Montana are closed due to flooding caused by ice jams, according to Montana Fish, ...

Laws and regulations adopted by Montana and Idaho lawmakers to reduce wolf populations were "at odds with modern professional ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks committee spent nearly five hours on Tuesday ...

Montana lawmakers debated legislation that would allow unlimited wolf hunting across the state until the population was reduced to a threshold of 650 animals statewide.

The two bills heard in committee to reduce wolf populations by relaxing hunting rules follow up on legislation passed in 2021 that directed the FWP commission to reduce wolf populations “to a ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recently released the findings of a 10-year research study on moose populations across the state, showing positive trends for t ...

Montana lawmakers heard a proposal to increase hunting fees for out-of-state hunters to help fund block management programs.

The third bill, House Bill 101, requested by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, would reclassify wolves as “furbearers” for the purposes of management. THE TWO bills heard ...

The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks committee spent nearly five hours on Tuesday evening considering a trio of bills related to Montana’s population of roughly 1,100 resident wolves — far ...

The Montana State Senate, in a rare move, will investigate one of its own for a government contract already deemed “fraud” ...

It’s not just legislators meddling with our hunting and fishing heritage who bear watching this session; it’s the lobbyists and their funders who should really concern you. In the last two sessions, ...