NW Montana Longbeards

08/13/2026

🏹 Get dialed in before archery season!
Join the Montana Bowhunters Association Region 1 Preseason Primer on Thursday, August 27 from 6 PM to dusk at Lonepine State Park in Kalispell.
Come out for:
🐻 Bear safety training
🦌 Elk calling tips with Morgan Davis of Phelps Game Calls
🎯 Broadhead tuning & 3D target practice
🔧 Bow tune-ups with Flaming Arrow Archery
🏆 3D shooting challenge with prizes
🧒 Youth targets and bows for the kids
Bring your bow, family, hunting partners, and friends! Non-MBA members are welcome—and there’s a bonus for bringing a friend who signs up for an MBA membership at the shoot.
Hosted by Montana Bowhunters Association and co-sponsored by Flaming Arrow Archery.
📅 August 27 | 6 PM–Dusk
📍 Lonepine State Park
See you there! 🏹

08/13/2026

FWP lands in Granite and Mineral Counties are the latest to move into Stage 2 fire restrictions this week in Western MT.
🔥To see the complete Stage 2 restriction information and a list of all FWP lands impacted by fire restrictions in Montana, visit fwp.mt.gov/news/current-closures-restrictions.
🔥To learn more about wildfire prevention and to see the latest information on fires and restrictions on all lands in Montana, visit www.mtfireinfo.org. See less

08/12/2026

07/07/2026

"The more time I spend as director of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, the more humbled I am by the strength and success of our many partnerships.

As FWP celebrates its 125th anniversary, it’s important that we also pay tribute to our partners. For more than a century, they have helped make what we do possible, and we’re proud of all that we are able to accomplish working together."

Read more from Director, Christy Clark, about our success through strong partnerships here: http://fwp.mt.gov/montana-outdoors

05/29/2026

05/26/2026

With more than 300 projects already making an impact for the NWTF's Habitat for the Hatch initiative, the team recently dedicated funding to six new projects that will make an impact at a landscape scale! The projects will add an additional 130,000 acres of positively impacted acres for premium nesting and brooding habitat across the southeast.

Photo Credit: Steve Turigliatto

05/23/2026

Can’t believe that we made this happen! We are so happy with how this event turned out and are looking forward to next year! Go read the article to learn more!!

Youth in "big sky country" are getting a chance to experience the life-changing power of the outdoors thanks to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, NWTF-Montana and some generous landowners willing to open up their properties! And that is a win for our hunting heritage!

📷: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

05/18/2026

05/07/2026