{"id":837089,"date":"2026-09-05T07:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/837089\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T07:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T07:14:33","slug":"montana-fwp-monitoring-helena-mountain-lion-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/837089\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana FWP monitoring Helena mountain lion activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks staff are monitoring the situation after reports of mountain lion activity in Helena&#8217;s South Hills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An announcement from the department said the activity was near homes.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain lion sightings in and around Helena are not uncommon. In 2019, authorities killed and removed a mountain lion that was found outside a NorthWestern Energy building near downtown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bear activity has also been high in many places, including urban areas, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>Encounters with wildlife are common this time of year. Here are some tips from FWP on avoiding conflicts with bears and mountain lions and when to contact the department:<\/p>\n<p>FWP&#8217;s Region 3 office can be reached at 406-577-7900 or at <a href=\"https:\/\/helenair.com\/news\/local\/mailto:fwprg3@mt.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fwprg3@mt.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks staff are monitoring the situation after reports of mountain lion activity in Helena&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[31743,7438,89526,6269,177954,39363,3326,354439,354441,79,354440,201,100278,1529],"class_list":["post-837089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-apex-predators","tag-bear","tag-carnivorous-animals","tag-cougar","tag-helena","tag-lion","tag-montana","tag-montana-department-of-fish","tag-predatory-animals","tag-science","tag-trophic-ecology","tag-wildlife","tag-wildlife-and-parks","tag-zoology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}