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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 Legislature established the state Fish and Game Board in 1895. [6]
The deadline to comment on Montana's 2024-25 hunting regulations is Nov. 21. On Nov. 14, FWP hosted a public information meeting about the proposed changes in Region 1.
Nov. 24—Montana's general deer and elk hunting season will end on Sunday, Nov. 26. So far this season, more than 8,100 hunters have appeared at regional game check stations in northwest Montana.
Among Montana's mammals, three are listed as endangered or threatened and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks lists a number of species as species of concern. [ 2 ] Species are listed by common and scientific names, as per R. S. Hoffman and D. L. Pattie, A Guide to Montana Mammals , 1968.
The Flathead National Forest is a national forest in the western part of the U.S. state of Montana. The forest lies primarily in Flathead County , south of Glacier National Park . The forest covers 2,404,935 acres (3,758 sq mi; 9,732 km 2 ) of which about 1 million acres (4,000 km 2 ) is designated wilderness .
The moose calf crop has been declining since the fires of 1988. During that summer there was also high predation of moose by grizzly bears in small patches of surviving timber. The winter following the fires many old moose died, probably as a combined result of the loss of good moose forage and a harsh winter.
An agent with the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency who visited the site, however, found no signs of bear activity, and investigators said they soon found evidence of a "vicious attack ...
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals.