
Montana wolf report shows stable population numbers through 2021
“We are following the law. And are doing so in a way that provides certainty that wolf populations in Montana will remain off the Endangered Species List.”
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“We are following the law. And are doing so in a way that provides certainty that wolf populations in Montana will remain off the Endangered Species List.”

All told, the three adult mountain lions – which either swam to the island or accessed its shores via ice-bridge during recent winters – appear to have killed some 70 of the vulnerable bighorns before

HELENA, Mont. — Despite a recent interpretation of Montana state law that aerial hunting of wolves is not prohibited, doing so runs afoul of federal law. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks argued in state District

The new state-record fish weighed in at 18.02 pounds on a certified scale, measured 32.25 inches in length, and 22 inches in girth.

BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife officials in Montana have confirmed the presence of a grizzly bear in the Big Snowy Mountains, a first for the region. The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said the adult bear

The large male bear was later shot and killed when it charged wildlife workers investigating the attack.

Recorded more than 3.4 million visitors in 2020, a 29.5 percent increase over 2019.

Last year inspection crews checked more than 109,000 watercraft and intercepted 16 fouled with mussels and another 170 transporting aquatic weeds.

Grizzly bears on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountain Front have expanded in numbers and dispersed into areas where they have not existed for decades.
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