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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the rugged backcountry of Montana, where ranchers battle to protect their livestock and hunters chase the thrill of the chase, a heated decision just shook things up. The state's Fish and Wildlife ...

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. (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 ...

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 ...

Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s recent statement about wolves was likely a response to constituent concerns: for this he cannot be faulted. However, his call for wolves to be killed in the Bitterroot Valley ...

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.