The Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Aug. 16 at 8:30 a.m. at Montana WILD and via Zoom. The deadline to submit written comments on most agenda items was July 25. However, public comment will be taken during the meeting; those wishing to make a comment must register at fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission/ august-2024-meeting. Registration deadline is Aug. 15 at noon. Agenda items for

Since 2011, the Montana Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Hoofin’ it for Hunger Run has raised $87,000 for the Montana Food Bank Network. This year the run will take place on Sept. 21, beginning and ending at Depot Park in Dillon. The event features a 10K, starting at 11 a.m. and a 5K starting at 11:30 a.m. through beautiful southwestern Montana ranch country. If you can’t get to Dillon,

The U.S. Corps of Engineers held its final scheduled conference call of the year regarding test water flows from the Fort Peck Dam on Wednesday, July 31. The average daily release rate from Fort Peck has been increased from 8,000 cubic feet per second to 9,000 cfs, and monitoring of pallid sturgeon will continue. John Remus, chief of the Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, explained