When the Habitat Conservation Lease Program started two years ago, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks set a goal of conserving 500,000 acres within five years. With the recent completion of 13 leases and the potential for 33 proposed leases now under consideration, FWP is nearly halfway to reaching that goal. “We are really pleased with how it’s going,” said FWP Wildlife Division administrator

A Glasgow couple that had their child removed by employees from the State of Montana’s Child and Family Services have cleared their first legal hurdle in federal court with charges that those same employees engaged in “judicial deception” in order to convince a state court judge to remove the child to psychiatric care and later transfer her to the care of another parent living in Canada.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will hold an informational fisheries meeting at the Sheridan County Library Jubilee Room on in Plentywood Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. Regional fisheries biologist Jared Krebs will provide an overview of pond and small reservoir sampling in 2024. For more information, contact 406-228-3700.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration is reviving efforts to do away with a panel that hears appeals from people who were denied public assistance to afford basics such as food and health care. The effort, billed as a way to reduce red tape in government, would leave district court as the only option outside of the state health department for people to fight officials’ rejections