Wolves

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has published its final statewide wolf management plan. This is the final step in updating the 22 year-old document that guides how the agency manages wolves.

Briefs: Montana FWP is one step closer to replacing its 22-year-old wolf management plan. Mountain lion found dead near Troy with its head and tail cut off.

Republican lawmakers want to cut Montana’s wolf population in half. One bill to do that received preliminary approval in the state House.

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.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has released proposed regulations for the 2024-2025 wolf trapping season. West central Montana hunters enjoyed a robust start to the big game general hunting season this weekend.

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.

State wildlife officials have set regulations for the upcoming wolf hunting season.

Hunting conservation groups requesting to intervene in ongoing litigation over relisting wolves.

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld much of a decision to temporarily shorten Montana’s wolf trapping and snaring seasons to protect grizzly bears.

Federal officials have denied petitions to restore endangered species protections to gray wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Conservation groups are threatening to sue over the decision.