Hoot-owl restrictions will take effect at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 11, on several streams and rivers in Southwest Montana.

With summer fully here and water recreation at its peak, FWP has been busy inspecting over 48,000 watercraft, stopping hundreds of individual instances.

Highway 93 cuts through the heart of the Mission Valley and crucial habitat for turtles and other wildlife. Researchers with ...

Stark also noted that Montana’s current consumption advisory for those rivers, issued in 2021, includes gaps in the data. The state’s guidelines include a chart breaking down fish species ...

The state’s guidelines include a chart breaking down fish species based on size classes in different water bodies. Blanks in the chart don’t necessarily mean those fish are safe, but rather that there ...

MISSOULA, Mont. – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is inviting the public to participate in their biennial hunting season setting process. This statewide initiative aims to reevaluate ...

“We need to send a message to everyone that comes to Montana that we are serious about keeping our waters clean now and for future generations,” the bill's sponsor said.

Whirling disease is caused by an AIS, a non-native parasite, affecting several fish species While whirling disease is completely harmless to humans, it can be lethal to fish.

The Syr Darya sturgeon is a distinctive-looking fish—and, at a maximum length of roughly nine inches, is the smallest of the 26 species of sturgeons.

Researchers have rediscovered a rare fish species presumed to be extinct after it was not seen for more than eight decades.

The Montana Legislature is now considering House Bill 74, which would raise the fee for private fish ponds to $600.