BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Responsibility for managing gray wolves in Montana could be transferred from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the state early next year, even before the predator loses its ...

This story first appeared in Mountain Journal. Hiking near Gardiner on a recent balmy February day, I hit slushy snow and came across the tracks of one other human, and then some deer and elk. Soon, I ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana has significantly shortened the state’s wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from being injured by traps. U ...

A Helena judge has allowed the wolf hunting and trapping regulations the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted earlier this year to stand, despite flagging “serious concerns” about the state’s ...

Molloy agreed with the environmental groups in August, saying it was illegal to put Montana's and Idaho's wolves under state control while keeping Wyoming's wolves under federal protection. The ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced the Montana wolf population remains healthy despite, increased harvests. There were 283 wolves harvested in the 2023-2024 season, up from 258 ...

HELENA, Mont. — Montanans are increasingly tolerant of wolves, according to newly released research from the University of Montana’s Human Dimensions Lab and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The ...

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SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer declared on Wednesday he was ready to order state game officials to kill off entire wolf packs in defiance of federal protections under the ...

Public opinion on gray wolves remains sharply split as Montana and Idaho wildlife officials prepare to resume hunts for the predators after Congress removed their endangered species protections.