Wolves

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission finalized wolf hunting and trapping regulations during a lengthy meeting last week where commissioners heard passionate comments from people around the country. The commission …

On August 5, a federal judge in Montana vacated the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s standing determination that gray wolves in the Western U.S. do not warrant protections under the …

While the expansion of gray wolf populations is often hailed as a conservation success, the consequences for ranching families can be gruesome, costly and complex – threatening the safety of …

The wolf population has remained relatively stable in the past few years with only slight declines in the statewide population estimates, according to the 2024 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks …

Each year the Montana Livestock Loss Board receives funding for loss prevention grants and is now accepting applications for the 2025 funding round.  Applications are due by May 31st and grant …

HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has released a final environmental impact statement (EIS) analyzing potential environmental impacts from the statewide management of gray wolves.   Issuing the final EIS is …

Things are starting to pick up in Helena as more bill drafts become available and some of the “bigger” bills are getting scheduled for hearings soon. The hearing schedule was …

HELENA – The wolf population in Montana remains healthy, according to the 2023 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wolf Report. Increased harvest during the 2023 wolf season has not yet …

Last week, Colorado officials confirmed the first calf killed by wolves in the state since the large predators were reintroduced in December. Greg Henderson writes in Drovers that a Grand …

Wolves have been gone from Colorado since the 1940’s but last week that state reintroduced the large predators onto its landscape after Colorado voters passed a ballot initiative to do …