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About FWP Montana Outdoors - 2004 issues

January-February 2004

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The 23rd Annual Photo Issue



Full January-February Issue

 

 

March-April 2004

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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 >>

 

Full March-April Issue

 

 

May-June 2004

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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 >>

 

Full May-June Issue

 

 

July-August 2004

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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 >>

 

Full July-August Issue

 

 

September-October 2004

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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 >>

 

Full September-October Issue

 

 

November-December 2004

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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 >>

 

Full November-December Issue