Thursday, May 19, 2011

BUSY WEEK AT MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS


On Wednesday and half of Thursday, we went to orientation for all the park hosts in District 1 of the Montana State Park system. District 1 is in the Northwest corner of the state, and has the most parks in one area for the whole state. It covers the campgrounds and fishing access sites all the way around Flathead Lake, and all the way up to Eureka, near the Canadian border.
Some of these host positions are paid, and others, like ours, are on a volunteer basis. Darrell & I volunteer 3 days a week at Les Mason, in exchange for our campsite.
We saw new faces, and some familiar ones, too. We covered a lot of ground, including reminders on paperwork, new laws, our new computerized reservation system, and new fees going into effect. There has been a major reorganization going on at FWP, as has been the case for most states facing budget cuts and shortfalls. Montana is no different; however, they seem to be on the tail end of negative effects from the economic downfall.
The next big news in Montana is the major snowmelt coming. Rivers and streams are being watched carefully....this has been a big, bad winter all across the country!

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