Located in southern Montana, the Gallatin National Forest offers 24 administrative cabins to the public for recreational use. Most of the cabins were built in the 1920s and 1930s to provide field quarters for forest rangers and crews who worked trails, fire, range, and forestry projects. These cabins ........
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Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Monument is located in southeast Montana. This historic site is for day use only. This blacktailed prairie dog community is protected and preserved through the efforts of the Nature Conservancy, the Montana Departments of Transportation and Fish, Wildlife and Parks. ........
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Extending 125 miles up the Missouri River from the Fort Peck Dam in north-central Montana, the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge NWR is approximately 1,100,000 acres in size and includes the 245,000 acre Fort Peck Reservoir. Given the size and remoteness of the Refuge, the area has changed ........
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This 64-acre Reservoir inside the city limits of Billings is a great place to swim, boat, paddleboard, fish, picnic, birdwatch or stroll on the 1.4 mile hiking/nature trail.
You can stretch your legs on a walk around the lake or stop by the south shore to fish from Roger's Pier.
Note The FWP Region ........
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Situated on the edge of a broad valley carved by the Madison River, this high limestone cliff was used by Native Americans for 2,000 years--ending as recently as 200 years ago. Native people stampeded vast herds of bison off this massive semicircular cliff, using them for food, clothing, shelter and provisions. ........
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Within the boundaries of this scenic park the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin rivers merge to form the 2,300 mile Missouri River. The Missouri Headwaters area was a geographical focal point important to early Native Americans trappers, traders and settlers. Coveting the regions bountiful resources, ........
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A picnic area in the main boulder area on the Yellowstone District.........
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First there was the land, the mountains and the rivers. Humans are but recent newcomers to this place now called Montana. However, when and how they arrived is still a mystery. Pictograph Cave State Park is a place to contemplate the origins of human habitation of Montana.
The pictographs are more ........
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