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CSKT Bison Range
The Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (abbreviated as the CMR NWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. state of Montana on the Missouri River. The refuge surrounds Fort Peck Reservoir and is 915,814 acres (3,706.17 km 2) in size. [2] It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the lower 48 states of the United States ...
Conservation of American bison
Northwest Montana Wetland Management District: Montana 1970: 14,752 acres (59.70 km 2) [267] Pablo National Wildlife Refuge: Lake County: 1921: 2,473 acres (10.01 km 2) [268] Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge: Beaverhead County: 1932: 65,810 acres (266.3 km 2) [269] Swan River National Wildlife Refuge: Lake County: 1973: 1,568 acres (6.35 ...
Gates of the Mountains Wilderness
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] The Montana State ...
American Prairie (formerly known as American Prairie Reserve or APR) is a prairie -based nature reserve in Central Montana, United States, on a shortgrass prairie ecosystem with migration corridors and native wildlife. This wildlife conservation area is being developed as a private project of the American Prairie Foundation (APF), a non-profit ...
The Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument is a national monument in the western United States, protecting the Missouri Breaks of north central Montana.Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), it is a series of badland areas characterized by rock outcroppings, steep bluffs, and grassy plains; a topography referred to as "The Breaks" (as the land appears to "break away" to the river).