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Montana News

Eagle poacher sentenced to 4 years in prison, $700,000 in restitution

John Hooks

Federal prosecutors said Travis John Branson played a lead role in a network that poached and trafficked hundreds of eagles each year from the Flathead since the late 1980s.
Montana News

Washington man charged with eagle poaching reaches plea deal

John Hooks

A Washington man charged with eagle poaching on the Flathead Reservation reached a plea deal this week. Charging documents allege the man and accomplices killed over 3,000 birds on and around the reservation between 2015 and 2021.