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SPORTSMEN SEEK BALANCE BETWEEN OIL AND GAS AND WILDLIFE ON PUBLIC LANDS

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:06:49 -0500

DENVER-A new poll released Thursday by Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development (SFRED) shows hunters and anglers in the Rocky Mountain West are not willing to sacrifice fish and game resources to unchecked oil and gas extraction in their state.

Missouri River Electro-Fishing Dates Set

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:36:47 -0400

State fisheries crews will be working nights starting Oct. 1 to gather brown trout population estimates on the Missouri River.

Twice a year – spring and fall – members of the fisheries division of Fish, Wildlife and Parks electro-fish three sections of the Missouri: downstream of Holter Dam and near the towns of Craig and Cascade.

FWP Announces Plans to Purchase Land Next to Elk Island WMA and Establish a Fishing Access Site

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:28:18 -0400

Region 7, Wildlife Program Manager, John Ensign has announced a public meeting at Savage public school on Thursday evening, October 9, 2008. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and anyone interested in the proposed land purchase is welcome to attend.

Construction at Ackley Lake State Park

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:26:32 -0400

A major construction project is occurring on the dam at Ackley Lake State Park this fall and winter, but shoreline fishing and camping are still available throughout the project.

The west side of the park is open to visitors, where they can camp at one of the nine campsites free of charge. Visitors can also fish from the shore of the lake.

Swan Lake Lake-Trout Estimate Underway

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:55:46 -0400

A group of cooperating agencies is conducting a depletion population estimate for lake trout in Swan Lake. The sampling began on September 9 and will continue through September 23. A depletion population estimate requires multiple days of netting while removing all lake trout sampled during this period. As fish are removed from the lake, the average catch rate will decline. Biologists can use the rate of decline in catch to determine what number of fish existed prior to the action.

The South Fork Flathead Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Program Continues This Fall

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:54:32 -0400

The South Fork Flathead Westslope Cutthroat Trout Conservation Program continues this fall with rotenone treatments of Graves Creek and Lower Big Hawk Lake. The following trail and road closures will be in effect during these projects:

First Nations Education Series

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:57:44 -0400

First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park, formerly known as Ulm Pishkun State Park, will host the annual First Nations Education Series of programs. The series runs weekends through September and features programs on various aspects of Native American culture and history.

Comments Sought on Fishing Regulation Changes

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:55:16 -0400

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public comment on tentative changes to the fishing regulations that would go into effect on March 1, 2009.

Tentative changes in Region 3 include:

· The regulation stipulating that fishing closures be posted on springs entering Clark Canyon Reservoir would be deleted.

August 22, 2008 Fishing Roundup

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:50:12 -0400

This is a brief synopsis of fishing conditions and reports from select waters across the state. For more detailed information, contact a fly shop, bait store, or boat marina for the particular water. For detailed information on river flows, visit: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=flow

FWP Lifts Fishing Creel Limits On Lower Big Hawk Lake

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:29 -0400

The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission has lifted fishing creel limits on Lower Big Hawk Lake, in the South Fork Flathead River drainage, to allow licensed anglers unrestricted harvest of cutthroat trout from the lake through Sept. 20. This lake is located at Township 27 N, Range 18 W and sections 14 and 15. It is also called Big Hawk Lake on the Flathead National Forest map and has two lobes, both of which qualify for unrestricted angling.

Fire Danger in Eastern Montana

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:45:22 -0400

Most of eastern Montana has experienced limited wildland fire occurrence this summer and fall. Few fires have grown to any size, as local firefighters have been very successful at containing and controlling the wildland fire starts. Fall hunting seasons have begun and hunters are in the field while conditions are hot and dry.

Fishing Roundup 8-8-08

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:32:56 -0400

Fish the hopper and dropper for great action The must-have fly patterns these days are assorted high-floating, low-floating and even sinking grasshoppers. Add a dropper pattern on a short bit of leader tied to the bend of the hook – a beadhead, prince nymph, hare’s ear or another hopper – and you’ve got a dynamite offering for river and stream trout.

Pallid Sturgeon Reintroduced to Yellowstone, Bighorn Rivers

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:51:18 -0400

BILLINGS – Until last week, nobody could remember the last sighting of a big pallid sturgeon in the Bighorn River or the Yellowstone River east of Billings.

Biologists estimated that no more than 230 pallid sturgeon lived in the entire state – a few of them in the Missouri River above Fort Peck Reservoir and some in the easternmost stretches of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. Though pallid sturgeon preceded mankind in this part of Montana, they have been absent for decades – possibly four or five decades.

R-6 Fisheries Head Retires After 26 Years

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:50:12 -0400

GLASGOW, Mont. – Bill Wiedenheft, who served as FWP’s Region 6 fisheries manager since 1992, is saying goodbye to the old and aloha to the new.

Wiedenheft, 56, retired from his post on the last day of June. He’ll soon join his wife, Denise, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she is employed by the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Low Water Threatens Fish at Dry Fork Reservoir

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:49:39 -0400

CHINOOK, Mont. – Area anglers are being urged to quickly harvest several species of game fish that will likely die this summer due to low water levels at Dry Fork Reservoir north of Chinook.

Extremely low water levels and rising temperatures are expected to cause a die-off of the reservoir’s rainbow trout, northern pike, walleye, black crappie and yellow perch stocks. The reservoir is especially known for its pike, and large fish are fairly common.