RMEF MT. Summer Rendezvous – June 21, 22 & 23rd

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Montana Summer Rendezvous, June 21, 22 & 23rd _ SAVE THE DATE
You and your family are invited to join us in teamwork, celebration, friendship and for a great time.
Friday is Check In, this is your free time, visit with new and old RMEF friends from across our state. You’re welcome to bring boats, fishing gear and ATVs. We want to keep costs to a minimum and leave the registration fee at $25 per fami- ly. Friday evening’s dinner and breakfasts will be your responsibility. We will supply coffee, tea and hot chocolate in the mornings. Our work project is on Saturday morning. This gives more people the opportunity to participate. Our Work Project is being finalized at Iron Mask in the Elkhorn Mountains, south of Helena. This is rugged Montana country in- cluding prickly pear cacti and rattlesnakes. Please be prepared with sturdy footwear, protective clothing, bring gloves and your fencing tools. Be prepared for various weather conditions. Saturday’s lunch will be provided after the work project. Youth activities are planned for Saturday afternoon, which will allow youth the opportunity to earn money for the Kid’s Auction that evening. Our Wild Game Potluck is on Saturday evening with the presentation of our Traveling Golden Rolling Pin to the cook of the winning recipe, voted upon by dinner attendees. Don’t miss out on the best wild game dinner of your life! There are so many great dishes to choose from. Everyone is welcomed to enter their dish into the contest, we ask that you submit your written recipe as you and your dish arrive at dinner. On Sunday please pick up and leave your area clean before heading home.
DOGS are welcomed, ONLY IF, they remain on a leash at all times and the owners must control them. Dogs are NOT allowed to roam freely and are NOT allowed in the common gathering areas of camp. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!
Our RMEF Rendezvous Encampment is on the south end of Canyon Ferry Lake Directions to our RMEF Rendezvous Camp
From Helena: Take Highway 287/12 approximately 25 miles towards Townsend. At the 70 mile marker, on the lake side of the highway, is the Silo’s Bar and a KOA campground sign. Turn left, towards the lake, at the Silo’s Bar. Follow this pavement down the hill, towards the lake, past the KOA Campground and store, past the bright Pink Flamingo ham- burger joint to the first right turn you can make. This will be a good gravel road and you will be heading south along the lake. Continue south on this gravel road past all of the official camping areas. After you go past the last official camping area you will go through a little dip in the road. At the top of this dip you will have arrived at the RMEF Camp. Watch for Welcome RMEF signs.
From Interstate 90: Take exit #274 and travel North on Highway 287 approximately 32 miles to the flashing red light in Townsend. Continue north from the flashing red light in Townsend for approximately 8 miles. You will see the Silo’s Bar, on the right side of the road and a KOA Campground sign, at exactly the 70 mile marker. Turn right at the Silo’s Bar and refer to the above directions from there. Watch for Welcome RMEF signs.

Email: Moe614@gmail.com for registration form.

FORMER WOLF ADVISORY COUNCIL TO MEET WITH GOV. BULLOCK, FWP

FORMER WOLF ADVISORY COUNCIL TO MEET WITH GOV. BULLOCK, FWP

Former members of Montana’s Wolf Management Advisory Council will gather in Helena, April 12, to review and discuss the wolf management plan they helped to create.
The disbanded 12-member citizens’ council last met about five years ago to discuss specific hunting and trapping recommendations in anticipation of the wolf’s official recovery in the northern Rocky Mountains.
“A lot has transpired since the council last met in 2007,” said FWP Director Jeff Hagener. “Governor Steve Bullock and I have invited the members to gather in Helena for a one-day meeting to review the status of the wolf in Montana today and to discuss the effectiveness of the management plan.”
The April 12 meeting, set to begin at 8:30 a.m., will be held at FWP Headquarters in Helena, 1420 E. Sixth Ave. The meeting will be video streamed live to each FWP regional office. A live audio stream will also be available via the FWP website at fwp.mt.gov.
The meeting agenda includes introductory remarks from Gov. Bullock, Hagener and Chase Hibbard, the former chairman of the council. The core of the agenda includes an update on existing federal requirements; a review of the legal procedures that led to delisting in 2011; and reviews and updates on the wolf population’s status, research activities, hunting and trapping seasons, livestock depredation, recent wolf-related legislation, and wolf-program funding. The agenda also includes opportunities for public comment at 2 p.m.
The delisting of wolves in 2011 allows Montana to manage wolves in a manner similar to how bears, mountain lions and other wildlife species are managed, which is guided by state management plans, administrative rules, and laws.
Montana wildlife officials recently estimated that at least 625 wolves, in 147 verified packs, and 37 breeding pairs inhabited the state at the end of 2012. To learn more about Montana’s wolf population, visit FWP online at fwp.mt.gov.
The wolf advisory council was created in 2000 to advise FWP on the development of a wolf conservation and management plan. Montana’s plan was approved by federal officials in 2004.
FWP ensures its meetings are fully accessible to individuals with special needs. To request arrangements call FWP at 406-444-3186.
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Montana’s 2013 Hunting Regulations Are Available

Montana’s 2013 hunting regulations are available.
The long-awaited, 124-page, deer, elk and antelope regulations arrived Thursday, March 21, at Fish, Wildlife and Parks offices and license agents throughout the state.
The regulations have been available online for a couple weeks at the FWP web site: HYPERLINK “http://www.fwp.mt.gov” www.fwp.mt.gov. But it seems the paper version attracts the most attention and delight.

Also arriving were the smaller, 52-page, moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat regulations.

The deadline to apply for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat licenses is May 1; for antelope licenses as well as elk B and deer B licenses the deadline is June 1.

Paper and electronic applications for those deadlines are available, too.