Complete guide to hunting in Big Sky Country.
Complete guide to hunting in Big Sky Country.

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, […]

Justin Dyon bagged his first spring gobbler of the season on opening day, according to Hunt Montana. Congratulations!

HELENA – The drawings for Montana deer and elk permits and for nonresident combination licenses are complete and applicants can check […]

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 […]

When it’s time to hit the hills (or mountains in some cases) and get out to try and tag some […]

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 […]

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale had a great conversation with Chris McFadden, Owner of […]

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 […]

Tired of asking other people to score your racks? Rackulator is the only electronic big game scoring device that makes […]
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, […]

For those of you who still have elk and deer permit applications on your brain (the deadline is today–that is […]

Some changes to regulations in effect; new license year began March 1 HELENA – Hunters have until April 1 to apply […]

HELENA – By order of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission, the hunting of female mountain lions will close in Lion Management Unit (LMU) 441, except for Limited Special […]

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 […]

Sadly, everything is born and dies. There is a beginning and an end. Life is long until it’s not. It […]

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 […]
This is just a reminder of some upcoming application deadlines: Smith River Super Permit – March 22 Paddlefish (white tag) […]
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 […]
BILLINGS – A partial closure that was in place at Gritty Stone Fishing Access Site (FAS) has been lifted and the site is […]