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The state's first state game warden was hired in 1889, [6] the same year that Montana became a state. Under Montana state law, each county was also authorized to hire one game warden, but a lack of funds and interest led to no wardens being hired. [5] By 1900, only four of Montana's then-24 counties had game wardens. [5]
Conservation officer. A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician / technologist, game warden, park ranger, forest watcher, forest guard, forester, gamekeeper, investigator, wilderness officer, wildlife officer, or ...
Swan Valley Massacre of 1908. The Swan Valley Massacre happened in 1908 in which four Pend d'Oreilles Indians, members of an eight-person hunting party, were killed by a state game warden and his deputy in the Swan Valley in northwestern Montana. The state of Montana did not honor off-reservation hunting permits, although the hunting right was ...
Park ranger. A ranger, park ranger, park warden, field ranger, or forest ranger is a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands and protected areas – private, national, state, provincial, or local parks. Their duties include law enforcement, wildlife and land management, firefighting, and community engagement and education.
KingJeff1970 23:10, 8 July 2014 (UTC) I live in Helena and work in the Montana Historical Society Research Center, so I can check sources in Montana history fairly easily. My interests are mostly in Montana history, political, social, and environmental, so I hope to improve existing articles in these areas and maybe create some new ones
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The Swan Valley Massacre of 1908 was an altercation between native people of the Pend d'Oreilles tribe and a Montana game warden, in which four Native Americans and the warden were killed. It was the result of a dispute over tribal hunting rights outside of reservation boundaries, which the Montana government reputedly did not honor at the time ...
Early years (1864–1920) In January, 1902, a plan was hatched by members of the Boone and Crockett Club to create a system of wildlife refuges across the United States with support of fellow member Theodore Roosevelt. [1] And by Executive Order of March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge ...