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• FWP Opens Applications For $1.8 Million In WHIP Grants

|Jun 10, 2026

HELENA – The annual application period for FWP’s Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP) opened May 18 and will close on June 19. WHIP is a state-funded grant program for projects that enhance, restore, improve or rehabilitate degraded wildlife habitats across Montana. Awarded grants can be structured to provide funding for up to five years. Total funding available for 2026 is approximately 1.8million.Basedonstakeholdersurveys,FWPexpectsaveragegrantapplicationstorangefrom1.8 million. Based on stakeholder surveys, FWP expects average grant applications to range from 1.8million.Basedonstakeholdersurveys,FWPexpectsaveragegrantapplicationstorangefrom50,000 to $500,000. Applications up to the max...

• Ask First To Hunt On Private Land

Montana FWP News|Oct 2, 2024

Don’t wait until it is too late. Hunters who haven’t already asked permission from private landowners to hunt need to do so as soon as possible. Montana law requires hunters to obtain permission for all hunting on private land. Whether pursuing upland game birds, coyotes, gophers or any other wildlife, hunters must have permission from the landowner before hunting on private property. This also includes entering private land to retrieve wildlife or to access public land to hunt. Landowners may grant permission in person, over the phone, in wri...