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  • FWP Invites Public to Hearings on Bison Release

    Jeff Hagener, Director--MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks|Aug 12, 2015

    On Aug. 19, state wildlife officials will host a public hearing in Malta to discuss and take comment on a draft environmental impact statement for bison conservation and management in Montana. This will be the fourth meeting designed exclusively for the public to express its views and opinions on the draft statewide bison EIS, prepared by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The draft considers the possibility of bison restoration somewhere in Montana where animals could be managed as a native species. Bison are currently designated as both a... Full story

  • Montana's Thanksgiving Bounty

    M. Jeff Hagener, My Opinion|Nov 26, 2014

    This Thanksgiving, as you're gathered around the table about to give thanks – for good health, for loving friends and family members, for our soldiers overseas – consider adding another blessing: for living in a state so rich in wildlife. This is a state wild enough to have wolverines, after all, not to mention lynx, grizzly bears, mountain goats, and arctic grayling. Few places on earth offer such diversity of both coldwater and warmwater fisheries – from cutthroat trout in cold mountain lakes to channel catfish in warm rivers. As for...

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