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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, [3] and the largest in Montana. [4] Created in 1936, [5] it was originally called the Fort Peck Game Range. [6]
The Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Assiniboine: húdam wįcášta, [3] Dakota: Waxchį́ca oyáte[4]) is located near Fort Peck, Montana, in the northeast part of the state. It is the home of several federally recognized bands of Assiniboine, Lakota, and Dakota peoples of Native Americans. With a total land area of 2,094,000 acres (8,470 km 2 ...
Hell Creek Recreation Area is a public recreation area managed by the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana occupying 337 acres (136 ha) on the south side of Fort Peck Lake twenty miles (32 km) due north of the community of Jordan, Montana. [4] The recreation area sits on the western side of Hell Creek Bay and includes a year-round ...
In October 2014, the animals were moved to the Fort Peck Reservation as the Fort Peck Fish and Game Department was recognized for having performed a good job of managing the bison including the disease testing. [69] In November, 139 of the Yellowstone bison at the Flying D ranch joined the conservation herd at the Fort Peck Reservation. [70]
Conventional treatment ranges from inpatient and outpatient care to sober living homes and AA meetings. ... But the Fort Peck Tribes say the reservation’s cultural revitalization has left them ...
Since the construction of the Fort Peck Dam in Montana in 1937, and subsequent damming and channelization, the Missouri River has lost over 90% of its wetland and sandbar ecosystems. More than 2,000 mi (3,200 km) of the Missouri River have been altered and only that stretch of the river above Fort Peck Reservoir in Montana remains relatively ...
In March 2012, 63 American bison from Yellowstone National Park were transferred to prairie on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, to be released to a 2,100-acre game preserve 25 miles north of Poplar. There are numerous other bison herds outside Yellowstone, but the herd transferred is one of the very few not cross-bred with cattle.
59255. Area code. 406. FIPS code. 30-28450. GNIS feature ID. 2412642 [2] Fort Peck is a town in Valley County, Montana, United States. The population was 239 at the 2020 census.