USDA Wildlife Services killed three wolves from the Elevation Mountain pack June 27 near Helmville, completing the lethal control action initiated this spring after wolves killed livestock in the area.

BILLINGS — Children can learn to experience nature while walking like a fox and watching like an owl. Such nature-awareness skills are part of the Monday, July 14, session of “Earth Stewardship for Young Folks” program at Pictograph Cave State Park south of Billings.

The ever-popular Spring Meadow Lake Cardboard Cup Regatta will take place this year on July 12.

This family favorite has been making a splash in the Helena area for many years. To enter the regatta participants must build a boat, but these are no ordinary boats. While there are no size restrictions, the boats must be made of corrugated cardboard and pass a boat inspection before racing.

BILLINGS — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued a draft environmental assessment Thursday, July 3, for public review and comments on a proposal to help fund improvements at the Billings Trap Club on northeast of Lake Elmo.

BILLINGS — With the annual Independence Day holiday this week, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reminds people that it is illegal to use fireworks in the state’s many parks and fishing access sites.

BILLINGS — Vandals spray painted signs and buildings at Lake Elmo State Park in Billings Heights Tuesday night and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is offering a reward for information about the graffiti.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Region 7 Citizen Advisory Council (CAC) will meet on Wednesday, July 16th in Miles City. The meeting is scheduled from 4-8:30 p.m. at the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Regional office at the west end of Miles City.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) is seeking public comment on a proposal to acquire approximately 12 acres of land along the Clark Fork River eight miles northwest of Missoula.

The property consists of two tracts of land. Tract one, located on the west side of the Clark Fork adjacent to the existing Deep Creek Fishing Access Site (FAS), is approximately four acres, and would be donated to FWP. This site would provide additional walk-in access from Deep Creek.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commissioners today closed about a 12-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River between Carter’s Bridge Fishing Access Site, south of Livingston, and the Highway 89 Bridge Fishing Access Site, north of Livingston, to all recreational activity due to flood conditions on the river.

BILLINGS — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will offer a boating education class on Thursday evening, June 26, at 6:30 p.m., at the FWP office in Billings, 2300 Lake Elmo Drive.

The class will include an overview of boating safety, equipment requirements and the rules of safe operation. Participants must pre-register and read the boating manual prior to the class.

Before you can legally operate a car or truck, you are required to pass a driving exam and obtain a drivers license. In Montana some motorboat operators are also required to take an exam and be certified.

A Meagher County rancher shot and killed a lone wolf early Wednesday that was threatening his cattle.

The incident occurred about 6 a.m. on private land about 20 miles northwest of White Sulphur Springs.

BILLINGS — Crow Indians who painted and carved their stories into the sandstone cliffs of the Yellowstone River Valley are the topic of a campfire program Saturday, June 21, at Pictograph Cave State Park.

Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission will meet June 12 at the FWP Helena Headquarters, 1420 East 6 th Ave, beginning at 8 a.m.

Commissioners will make final decisions on a number of land deals including conservation easements, habitat acquisitions, and sharecrop agreements. Final decisions will also be made on the final 2008 lion quotas; the 2009 moose, sheep, goat, deer and elk license auction rules; the donation of additional land adjacent to the Bearmouth fishing access site about 35 miles east of Missoula; budget and legislative priorities and the rule on angling restrictions and fishing closures due to drought.

West Yellowstone, MT (PRWEB) June 9, 2008 -- Escape to Montana's historic Firehole Ranch for an intimate fly fishing retreat; perfect for couples looking to reconnect with one another and nature while practicing the sport they love. With a romantic location, nestled on the shore of Hebgen Lake, just outside Yellowstone National Park, the Firehole Ranch offers an unmatched variety of blue ribbon trout waters; mythical rivers like the Madison, Yellowstone, Henry's Fork, Gallatin, Ruby and many more. Since 1947, the Firehole Ranch has provided a unique opportunity to escape the rigors of the modern world and experience fly fishing as it was intended.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Region 3 Citizens’ Advisory Committee will meet in Helena on Thursday, June 12. The meeting will be held at the Wingate Inn (2007 North Oakes) from 1-7 p.m. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

This is a brief synopsis of fishing conditions and reports from select waters across the state. For more detailed information, contact a fly shop, bait store, or boat marina for the particular water. For detailed information on river flows, visit: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=flow

BILLINGS — This summer’s public nature and cultural programs at Pictograph Cave State Park will start this weekend with an evening presentation on snakes and reptiles found in the Yellowstone River Valley.

Brown trout populations on the Missouri River between Holter Dam and the town of Cascade are up, say state fisheries biologists.

Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries crews recently completed the annual population estimates for brown trout in the 33-mile stretch of the Missouri River.

Kids’ fishing days are popping up like dandelions in north central Montana. Already, Lewistown and Great Falls have set their annual youth fishing extravagances.

Great Falls 14 th annual fishing day will occur 9 a.m. to noon, June 7, at Wadsworth Pond on the west side of town.