Ninepipes manager John Grant a master of weeds
Ninepipes Wildlife Management Area is a haven for numerous wildlife and fish species. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
Ventenata, a non-native invasive annual grass with no leafy forage value, is becoming more widespread on the Ninepipes Wildlife Management Area and throughout Northwestern Montana. The species inhibits establishment of grain crops and displaces perennial sod grass. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Manager John Grant surveys the land at Ninepipes Wildlife Management Area he has spent his 30-year career working on. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
Ninepipe Wildlife Management Area is 4,200 acres of premier wetland habitat and one of Montana’s favorite pheasant and waterfowl hunting sites.
Lying in glacial pothole prairie land, intermingled with thousands of acres of federal and tribal refuges, the area is home to myriad wildlife from pheasants to grizzly bears, and hosts every species of waterfowl that navigates the Pacific Flyway, including sandhill cranes and trumpeter swans...
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