Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

A pair of north-central Montana bighorn sheep have tested positive for pneumonia-causing bacteria; Montana wildlife officials are already intercepting boats fouled with invasive species.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has published its final statewide wolf management plan. This is the final step in updating the 22 year-old document that guides how the agency manages wolves.

As grizzly bears continue expanding eastward outside of federal recovery zones, landowners are prepping for life with their new neighbors. Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is hosting a series of Grizzly Bear Educational Workshops in central Montana.

Legislators have voted forward bills on property tax relief, Medicaid expansion, judicial oversight and more.

Watercraft inspection stations near the towns of Dillon, Ravalli and Anaconda opened last weekend to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.

Briefs: Montana FWP is one step closer to replacing its 22-year-old wolf management plan. Mountain lion found dead near Troy with its head and tail cut off.

Montana wildlife officials this week announced that surveys of fish populations in the Upper Missouri Basin showed minimal signs of infection; Director Paul Green is leaving his role at the head of the Commerce Department, effective immediately.

Montana wildlife officials this hunting season completed a record number of tests for Chronic Wasting Disease. Fish, Wildlife and Parks says it tested more than 9,000 samples since the fall, and 3 percent came back positive.

Roughly half the wolves in Montana could be killed under proposals state lawmakers are considering.

Gov. Gianforte names new Department of Agriculture director. Montana's DEQ to develop emissions reduction roadmap