wildlife

Wolf trapping season has been shortened in most of western Montana. But for some regions, the area where traps can be set has grown. The changes were made in response to a court decision that found wolf trapping threatens grizzly bears.

The head of Montana’s department of criminal investigation is retiring after 43 years in law enforcement. Montana gas prices are at their lowest in more than a year. Big game harvest numbers remain strong.

Two days after The Wide Open premiered, host Nick Mott had a grizzly encounter of his own.

A grizzly bear recently killed near Seeley Lake has fish and game officials urging recreationists to be particularly "bear aware" this time of year.

As grizzly bear populations spread to more areas in the state, so do human-grizzly conflicts. Wildlife managers this week were awarded several million dollars to bolster efforts to promote coexistence and non-lethal prevention tools.

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 Fish, Wildlife and Parks has released proposed regulations for the 2024-2025 wolf trapping season. The draft is available for public comment from now until November 12.

Wildlife managers have decided to increase white-tailed deer hunting licenses in the Flathead Valley. The decision is in response to the area’s first detection of Chronic Wasting Disease earlier this week.

"How's life? Are you liking life okay? Are you aware that you're living a really unusual life for a deer? I just got really curious because you can’t ask a deer how it’s feeling. So I thought I’d ask you guys and see if you had some insights."

Montana wildlife managers this week launched a new site for tracking grizzly bear mortalities.