Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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 ...
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]
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 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).
The Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range is east of and adjacent to Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. [75] The range consists primarily of alpine meadows, high desert, rocky ridges, and steep, semi-alpine slopes. [75][78] The average elevation is about 8,700 feet (2,700 m). [75]
2013. Operated by. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Open. All year. Website. Cottonwood Canyon State Park. Cottonwood Canyon State Park, established in 2013, is the second largest state park in Oregon, encompassing 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) on the lower John Day River. [1] The largest is Silver Falls State Park at 9,064 acres (3,668 ha).