Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Region 6 is hosting a hunter, bowhunter, and trapper education instructor workshop from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Cottonwood Inn Convention Center. All current instructors and any person interested in becoming an instructor are welcome to attend. In addition, a field day for online students will take place in the afternoon as part of the workshop. The workshop is an annual event that invites all volunteer instructors across the region for a day filled with visiting, updates to the program, d...
Glasgow-area Boy Scout Troop 861 and Fish, Wildlife & Parks fisheries staff are once again collaborating to improve fish habitat at the Fort Peck Trout Pond. Troop 861 and FWP fisheries staff are asking folks that have not yet discarded their Christmas trees to please donate them for fish habitat. These donated trees will be bundled together and placed on the ice at the Fort Peck Trout Pond later this winter, where they will remain until melting causes them to fall through the ice and settle to the bottom. “The goal of these tree bundles is t...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Hunter Education online field days have been set for northeast Montana. These will likely be the last online field days, and possibly courses, offered for hunter education this season in northeast Montana. Eligible students that were not able to get into a classroom course this year may want to choose this option. Reminder: A hunter can hunt for two years as a hunter apprentice before needing a hunter education course. Go here to learn more about being a hunter apprentice. Field days for students ages 12-17 who...
Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks is seeking public input for a proposed public shooting range project in Glasgow. A public scoping meeting will be held at the FWP Region 6 headquarters in Glasgow, in the Quonset building meeting room, on Thursday, Aug. 22, at 5:30 p.m. Written comments on the proposal must be received by Aug. 31. FWP is seeking to lease property from the City of Glasgow where the current Glasgow public shooting range is located, approximately one-half mile north of Glasgow off Skylark Rd. FWP would improve and manage the...
Fisheries management of northeast Montana's ponds and small reservoirs can be a challenge. Habitat limitations, excess nutrient input from multi-use practices, and extreme winter and summer conditions can all negatively impact these biologically and recreationally important fisheries. In addition to these challenges, illegal fish introductions are a pervasive issue that further complicate management. Whether done intentionally or by accident, it is illegal to move or introduce live fish from...