BOZEMAN – The Madison River Work Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, May 19, at 5:30 p.m., in Bozeman at the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 3 Headquarters office, 1400 South 19th Ave. The meeting will be livestreamed on the FWP website. The focus of the meeting will be non-commercial use options for the Madison River.

Other agenda items include:

• Work group updates
• Commercial use
• New outfitters
• Fishing access site improvements
• River ambassador pilot
• Plan for June 22 commission meeting and future meeting dates

The 12-member work group was organized by the Fish and Wildlife Commission, per an administrative rule. This is the eighth meeting of the work group.

For more information on the work group, including videos of their past meetings, visit fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/madison-river-workgroup.

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Elk management advisory group to meet May 25

HELENA – The Elk Management Citizen Advisory Group will meet via Zoom on May 25 from 8 a.m. to noon. The meeting will be streamed on the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks website.

Anyone interested in offering comment during the public comment portion of the meeting must register on the FWP website by noon on May 24.

The group is composed of 12 citizens, selected by FWP, who represent a broad range of viewpoints and experience. The group is tasked with developing a set of recommendations to address elk management issues and improve relationships among stakeholders.

The group’s recommendations will be presented to FWP Director Hank Worsech by July 31.

For more information about the advisory group and to watch the May 25 meeting, go to https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/elk-management-citizen-advisory-group.