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Cold Turkeys: After being successfully introduced far north of its historic range, could this bird thrive elsewhere in our chilly state? Read more >>
On the Trail of the Elusive Morel: How to find, harvest, and safely cook Montana's most delectable mushroom. Read more >>
A Place of Peace: Chief Plenty Coup State Park commemorates the great Apsáalooke warrior and his legacy of harmony and goodwill. Read more >>
Death by Garbage: How trash, dog chow, bird seed, and other food attractants along the urban interface are "killing" grizzlies and stifling the bears' natural expansion. Read more >>
Montana's Avian Spectacle: Migrating waterfowl and shorebirds that congregate at Freezout Lake each spring create a bird watcher's paradise. Read more >>
Tough Love: Why it makes sense to kill some fish in order to save others. Read more >>
From Here to There: How Montana's trail system links people to the state's most spectacular places. Read more >>
Trout Above the Clouds: Tips on finding and catching trout in Montana's scenic mountain lakes. Read more >>
Waterfalls: As water falls, it cuts through rock and creates settings of beauty and exhilaration. Read more >>
Meet Your New Neighbors: More deer, bears, and mountain lions are venturing into Montana's cities, towns, and suburbs, causing problems and even endangering human life. Read more >>
Left in the Dust? Montana's fluvial arctic grayling could be doomed if the beleaguered fish don't get more water soon. Read more >>
What's Up Down There? Finding fish in "fishless" streams. Read more >>
Why Montana Went Wild: Montana Outdoors interviews the scientist whose research three decades ago helped revolutionize trout management. Read more >>
Huckleberry Hounds: Sniffing out Montana's delicious purple gem. Read more >>
A Grizzly Biologist's Journal: A pictorial perspective of bear-human conflicts. Read more >>
Wonderground: The marvels of Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park. Read more >>
You'll Never Believe What I Saw! Montana's weirdest fish and wildlife sightings. Read more >>
Raptor Enrapture: The joys of watching birds of prey. Read more >>
Where Have All the Plovers Gone? Looking for mountain shorebirds where there are no mountains or shores. Read more >>
The Swift Fox's Speedy Return: Why, after being declared locally extinct in 1969, has this tiny canine returned to Montana? Read more >>
Lab Coat Detectives: At FWP's wildlife laboratory, scientists search for answers to perplexing biological questions. Read more >>
Chilly Reception: Though native to northeastern Montana, elk returning to what are now the region's farm fields are being managed as unwelcome intruders. Read more >>
Game Warden "Glamour" While the high-country horseback image endures, an FWP game warden's real life often consists of sleepless nights, public presentations, beef jerky breakfasts, and living out of a pickup cab. Read more >>
K911: How to keep your hound out of harm's way this hunting season. Read more >>
Confluence of Cultures: At Missouri Headwaters State Park, visitors see where rivers—and people—have been meeting for thousands of years. Read more >>
Will the Sun Set on Block Management: Set to expire soon, this popular program will require legislative action to continue helping hunters, landowners, and wildlife managers. Read more >>
Song of the Land: Listening to the prairie, while hunting its swiftest inhabitants. Read more >>
Forty Years of Wilderness: When Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964, millions of acres "untrammeled by man" were preserved for hunting, fishing, hiking, and wildlife watching. Read more >>
Buffaloed: Concerned about both its livestock industry and national image, Montana struggles to manage bison spilling from Yellowstone National Park. Read more >>
The Sheep That Will Not Die: Clinging to the myth of Audubon's bighorn. Read more >>
A Big Prelude to the Little Bighorn: Rosebud Battlefield State Park preserves the pivotal battle grounds where the balance of power between the Army and the Indians shifted, leading to Custer's legendary defeat. Read more >>
Mountain Mallards: A plain discourse on duck shooting in the rockies. Read more >>
The Chill of the Hunt: Is it insanity, hunting in weather like this? Read more >>
Off to a Great Start: Since it began in 1987, Habitat Montana has helped ranching families statewide while protecting and enhancing more than 200,000 acres of wildlife habitat. Read more >>