tling camp to fully enjoy the camping experience. Sleep in. Read a book in the shade of a tree. Head to a nearby hiking trail or scenic vista. Be sure to pick the right campground for your base. A dusty facility next to a highway or a site littered with trash is no place to spend even one day. Look for campgrounds with hiking and bicycling trails, swimming and boating lakes, or fishing and kayaking

A popular Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 6 program that allows kids and their friends or families to check out free fishing rods and tackle is in full swing again this year. In time for summer fishing, FWP staff has restocked and maintained more than 350 fishing rods in most of the 40 different location sites across Montana’s Hi-Line. The “Kids to Fish” program lets anglers check

Recently released U.S. census data shows that Montana’s largest counties shifted demographically older from 2020 to 2025 as their population of residents age 65 and older grew relative to their population of children. This Montana Free Press analysis uses an aging index to compare the state’s population of older residents with its population of children. The index shows the number of Montana

Hunters who registered to be placed on the Surplus List can now check their status on MyFWP: myfwp.mt.gov/ fwpExtPortal/myDrawResult_ input.action. The list includes licenses left over from the drawing for Deer B and Elk B licenses. FWP will contact hunters who are at the top of the list via email with instructions to finalize their purchase within a specified time. Hunters must finalize the