Predators

Wyoming sheep and lamb producers lost 42,000 animals to weather, predators, disease, and other causes during 2022, representing a total value of $8.62 million, according to a survey conducted by…

HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today directed Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) to develop a new wolf management plan for the state. “Given the public and legislature’s engagement…

WASHINGTON, September 21, 2022 – Modernized Endangered Species Act regulations will be reinstated after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that a district court improperly vacated 2019 revisions.…

HELENA, Mont. – Amid nearly nine months of silence from the Biden administration on Montana’s petition to delist the recovered grizzly bear in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, Governor Greg…

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Public Lands Council (PLC), American Sheep Industry Association (ASI), American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and other agriculture coalition members commended a decision from the…

Wolf numbers and distribution continue to be stable across Montana, according to numbers released Monday in the 2021 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wolf Report. “What the data shows us…

Western Landowners Alliance (WLA) is working with livestock producers from across the Intermountain West to help USDA understand the need for cost-sharing programs to assist producers with predator conflict prevention…

In a recent letter to leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, Montana Senator Steve Daines joined Wyoming Senators John Barrasso and Cynthis Lummis and Idaho’s Mike Crapo and James Risch,…

FAIRFIELD, Mont. – As the State of Montana awaits a response to its petition to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist grizzly bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem…

After confirming four calves were killed by a grizzly bear along the Rocky Mountain Front near Augusta, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services…