To learn more about this proposal, read FWP's release here or the entire Environmental Assessment here; we encourage members to submit their own comments by emailing fwpregion5pc@mt.gov and using the subject line, “Big Snowy Mountains WMA Acquisition”      March 30, 2022   Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Ashley Taylor, FWP R5 Wildlife Biologist Linnaea Schroeer, FWP MEPA Coordinator 2300 Lake Elmo Dr. Billings, MT 59105 fwpregion5pc@mt.gov   RE: Big Snowy Mountains WMA Acquisition   Ms. ...

In early May the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will convene for their spring meeting, at which time we’re expected to see their Atlantic Striped Bass Board finalize Amendment 7 to the Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Under the current management plan, which was approved in 2003, we’ve observed a historically abundant stock degrade to overfished levels, and little has been done to curb overfishing or reverse this declining trend. To put it simply – management ...

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  Collegiate club scholarship recipient goes from beginner hunter to mentor for others through BHA’s R3 work.   By Nicole Bealer I grew up in the suburbs of north Houston, far away from the Montana culture of field-to-table harvest in which I am now immersed. Though I loved wildlife and the outdoors, I did not come from a hunting family and was never exposed to the idea of fair-chase hunting on public lands. A burgeoning career in wildlife biology brought me to the Rockies, studying ...