WSB: Structured decision making helps set cougar harvest
As any wildlife manager can attest, managing species can be difficult when it involves groups of people who come to the table with conflicting interests. But tools ...
Montana
Montana student chapter hosts wildlife extravaganza
Kids and adults were packed into a small, light-green room where Jessi Knudsen Castaneda from Animal Wonders Inc., held Wilbur, a hog-nosed snake. The crowd of kids ...
Montana opts not to open grizzly hunts due to court battles
While Idaho and Wyoming may offer limited grizzly hunts this year, Montana officials are postponing any decision to allow hunts there, citing ongoing court battles. ...
Legislation would steer $60M to fight CWD
Montana Sen. Jon Tester has introduced legislation to direct $60 million toward efforts to combat chronic wasting disease across the country. The Great Falls ...
Wildlifer recognized for promoting native diversity
Nominations for the Diversity Award will be accepted through May 1. Click on the link above to visit the Diversity Award webpage, or ...
Along busy Highway 93, large mammals choose crossing structures
Large mammals choose to use crossing structures on the busy U.S Highway 93 on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation, according to new research. The structures ...
For Yellowstone grizzlies, paths may lead out of isolation
When Yellowstone grizzlies lost their threatened status last June, advocates for the bears feared they were too isolated to sustain their populations without ...
Montana to rely on hunter data for wolf counts
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say they plan to change the way they estimate the state’s wolf (Canis lupus) populations, switching to a model that ...
JWM study: Dispersal spreads wolves throughout the West
When Diane Boyd arrived in Montana in 1979, the northern Rockies had just one wolf. A lone female wolf, it had wandered from Canada, possibly from as far as Banff ...
Predator control at the center of legal actions
In Dec. 2016, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) approved two predator management plans in the state – the Piceance Basin Predator Management ...