Endangered Species Act

Grizzly bears are expanding their range into parts of Montana where they have not roamed for years, if not centuries. Montana wildlife managers and lawmakers are preparing for state-level grizzly bear management in the possibility of a federal delisting.

The Blackfeet Nation released roughly two dozen free-roaming wild buffalo onto tribal lands bordering Glacier National Park Monday. Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks is asking for the public’s input on changes to the state’s plan for managing grizzly bears.

A federal judge halted a logging project in northwest Montana on Monday. The court says federal officials didn’t properly evaluate whether the project would harm threatened grizzly bears and Canada lynx.

A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that said the U.S. Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act by harming grizzly bears. It’s not the last challenge to the agency’s policies for closing logging roads

Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commissioners voted Thursday on several carnivore policies including implementing rule changes in preparation for the delisting of grizzly bears and setting higher mountain lion quotas to reduce the population.

State and federal officials are moving forward with a conservation plan designed to bolster one of Montana’s two remaining native arctic grayling populations.

A federal appeals court Thursday overturned a decision by federal wildlife managers that would have allowed them to kill grizzly bears over livestock conflicts in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. Vehicle reservations will be required for nearly all west side entrances of Glacier National Park starting May 26.

A federal judge in Missoula Tuesday ordered wildlife officials to reevaluate their efforts to establish a grizzly bear population in Southwest Montana and central Idaho.

The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in several states.

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit against federal wildlife officials over the protection status of Montana’s Arctic Grayling population.