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Established. 1978. Governing body. U.S. Forest Service. Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness was created from existing National Forest lands in 1978 [1][2] and is located in Montana and Wyoming, United States. The wilderness encompasses two distinct mountain ranges: the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges. These ranges are completely distinct geologically ...
[4] [5] The first game bird hunting laws were passed in 1869, and hunting seasons for antelope, buffalo, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, moose, mountain goats, and rabbits set in 1872. [6] Fur trapping and bird hunting seasons followed in 1876. [6] In 1885, the territorial legislature established the Montana territorial Fish and Game Commission. [4]
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 ...
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge on Hart Mountain in southeastern Oregon, which protects more than 422 square miles (1,090 km 2) and more than 300 species of wildlife, including pronghorn, bighorn sheep, mule deer, sage grouse, and Great Basin redband trout. The refuge, created in 1936 as a range for remnant ...
Nov. 21—Montana's general deer and elk hunting season wraps up Sunday, Nov. 26. So far this season, more than 8,100 hunters have appeared at regional game check stations in Northwest Montana.
Nov. 3—Harvest numbers are down at game check stations in Western Montana through the second week of the general big game hunting season. While harvest numbers are lower for white-tailed and ...
Nov. 15—Signs of the "rut" have emerged in Northwest Montana as the general hunting season winds down with less than two weeks remaining. So far this season, more than 6,300 hunters have ...
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 ...