Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking to fill a vacancy on an advisory council that monitors upland game bird enhancement program activities. The vacancy must be filled by someone who resides in in Region 3, southwest Montana. Council members represent all FWP administrative regions and include upland game bird hunters, landowners, upland game bird biologists and others who have conservation

As a direct result of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.,secured $500,000 in Corridor Identification and Development funds for the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority to develop a comprehensive passenger rail plan to reinstate the historic North Coast Hiawatha Amtrak route through southern Montana. Selection for Corridor ID funds designates the North

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Montana state director Kathleen Williams announced last week that the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana became one of the first nationwide to receive a $191,000 grant through the Agricultural Marketing Service Indigenous Animals Harvesting and Meat Processing Grant Program. This grant program is

The Montana Pulse Crop Committee invites proposals to fund market development and educational projects designed to promote and enhance Montana’s pulse industry. The Montana Pulse Crop Research & Marketing Program aims to stimulate and expand Montana’s pulse crop industry through research, promotion, and market development of pulse crops grown in Montana. For the complete Request for

The Private Land/Public Wildlife Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday, Dec. 19, via Zoom from 1 to 4:30 p.m. The 13-member advisory committee, appointed by the governor, is charged with reviewing FWP’s access programs and offering recommendations to help achieve program goals and maintaining good relations between hunters and landowners. Members are Ed Beall, chair, of Helena, Eric