State game wardens patrol miles of terrain
Sgt. Dan Curtin of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 2 is retiring with 39.5 years of service as a game warden. FWP is in need of more wardens and applications are now being accepted. (Photo provided by Sgt Derek Schott, FWP Game Warden)
Mineral County is in Region 2 of Montana Department of Fish Wildlife & Parks, an area that contains mountain peaks reaching above 10,000 feet and valley trout streams stretching over 1,500 miles.
Over 62% of the region is public land (Mineral County is over 92% public), with deer, elk, moose, sheep, black bears and goats inhabiting the region. The area is also home to eleven unique state parks and 72 regional fishing access sites serving as gateways to water recreation on the Blackfoot, Clark Fork, and Bitterroot Rivers, while 170 public lakes and reservoirs dot the region.
A large, growing urban center for Montana, Region 2 has over 18% of the state's population and only 7% of Montana's land and water area.
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