Aquatic Invasive Species

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.

The wolf population inside Yellowstone National Park increased over the last year. Watercraft inspection stations across the state have intercepted 24 boats carrying invasive mussels so far in 2023. Wildlife officials are seeking information about a grizzly bear killed earlier this month in Sanders County.

Mack Days, the annual fishing contest on Flathead Lake, will return next week. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks will open some watercraft inspection stations on March 11.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and partners this year intercepted more than twice as many boats carrying invasive mussels as any other year.

Wildlife officials plan to poison the fish in a southwestern Montana creek and two lakes and then restock the water bodies with a native species of…

Watercraft inspectors in Montana have intercepted a record number of boats carrying invasive mussels this season.

State wildlife officials say a record number of boats carrying invasive mussels have already entered Montana this year.There have been 18 boats detected…

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has detected over a dozen boats with various aquatic invasive species on board so far this year. The detections come as…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Testing of Montana waterways this year turned up no instances of invasive mussels, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said…

There was something odd bubbling beneath the surface of Flathead Lake earlier this summer, but it wasn’t a lake monster. It was a submarine. Two, in fact.…