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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 ...
The CSKT Bison Range (BR) is a nature reserve on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana established for the conservation of American bison. Formerly called the National Bison Range, the size of the bison herd at the BR is 350 adult bison and welcomes between 50-60 calves per year. Established as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1908 ...
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 ...
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] Governor John E. Rickards appointed the first Fish and Game Commissioners on March 4, 1895. [5] The Fish and Game Board hired its first state game warden, R.A. Wagner, in July 1898. [5]
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).
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 ...
Flint Creek Range. / 46.36667°N 113.10917°W / 46.36667; -113.10917. The Flint Creek Range, el. 10,168 feet (3,099 m), [1] is a mountain range northeast of Philipsburg, Montana in Granite County, Montana. The highest point in the range is Mount Powell, at 10,168 ft. in elevation.
First Peoples Buffalo JumpState Park. First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park is a Montana state park and National Historic Landmark in Cascade County, Montana in the United States. The park is 1,481 acres (599 ha) and sits at an elevation of 3,773 feet (1,150 m). [1] It is located about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of the small town of Ulm ...