elk

HELENA – The suite of recommendations developed by the Elk Management Citizen Advisory Group are available for public review and comment. The group was organized this past spring by FWP director Hank…

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public input on revisions to the statewide Elk Management Plan last adopted in 2005. FWP began work on the revised plan in 2020,…

By Chuck Denowh – United Property Owners of Montana Policy Director In a few areas of the state elk populations have been allowed to grow to crisis proportions. For example,…

On Tuesday, February 22nd, the Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) announced that an animal from a Gallatin County ranch within Montana’s Designated Surveillance Area (DSA) was confirmed infected with brucellosis.…

By Chuck Denowh – Policy Director – United Property Owners of Montana The most recent elk population counts show a disturbing trend of Montana’s elk herd increasing to crisis levels…

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is continuing to take steps to revise its Elk Management Plan, first drafted in 2005. The process began with the created of a citizens group…

By Brian Yablonski, CEO of the Property and Environment Research Center. In a move that will benefit both ranchers and wildlife in our region, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently…

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a draft policy statement through the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) on research with…

Helena, Mont. – The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) is proposing a change to the boundary of the Designated Surveillance Area (DSA) for brucellosis. The proposed administrative rule change is…

Two elk recently sampled in the Ruby Mountains of Southwestern Montana were found to have been exposed to brucellosis. 100 elk were sampled by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks for…