Central Montana Blog

April 2, 2016

A week ago I looked at my schedule and decided I had better plan an outing to Freezout Lake Wildlife…

December 28, 2015

I drove north of Great Falls to Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge the other day in search of some beautiful…

November 29, 2015

The 2015 big game general rifle season saw more hunters and more elk harvested on the Rocky Mountain front this…

October 7, 2015

I missed going to Slippery Ann on the C. M. Russell Wildlife Refuge last year during elk bugling time and…

September 26, 2013

The first time I ever went to the Slippery Ann elk viewing area was with a public tour organized by…

July 19, 2014

For a Saturday morning, I was up and moving fairly early. My electrical power went off around 4:45am, at least…

April 14, 2015

I know spring is here when Great Falls Park and Recreation announces their annual release of the ducks, geese and…

September 10, 2013

Wow, for once I had my camera handy as I was driving on a country road.  And I had some spare…

September 14, 2015

I always get several calls from bird hunters in the fall asking how the upland game bird hatch was this…

April 18, 2014

Today was the day domestic waterfowl were released into Gibson Park Pond in Great Falls. It’s a big deal – and…

March 27, 2014

Spring snow goose migration is underway and Central Montana has amazing opportunities to see huge quantities of birds – right…

June 15, 2014

What a grand celebration idea for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks for their 75th anniversary. Tonight they held a concert at…