At its Feb. 4 meeting, the Fish and Wildlife Commission identified a new season structure for mountain lions and asked Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to solicit public comment on specifics of the proposal. The proposal is out for comment through March 18. This season structure under consideration would allocate harvest between unlimited licenses that will end when a quota is reached and special

Average gasoline prices in Montana are unchanged in the last week, averaging $4.01/g on Monday, March 14, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 60.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.37/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Montana was priced at $3.73/g on Sunday while the most expensive

New regulation booklets for upland gamebirds are available online at fwp. mt.gov/hunt/regulations. Printed booklets will be available later this month. This year, the booklets include turkey hunting regulations. A turkey is considered an upland gamebird by Montana statute. Also new in the 2022 upland gamebird regulations: Turkey hunting in Region 4 has changed to a general license spring