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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.
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Montana wildlife officials intend to sue the federal government over the decision to protect wolverines under the Endangered Species Act.
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The federal government announced Wednesday it’s planning how it will restore a breeding population of grizzlies to the Bitterroot and it wants the public to weigh in.
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Following a court-mandated deadline this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed wolverines as a “threatened” species. Conservation groups have been calling for that protection since the early 2000s.
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A federal court shortened Montana’s wolf trapping by over two months. The ruling aims to protect grizzlies.
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Federal wildlife officials are abandoning a conservation plan for Arctic grayling at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Montana.
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Choteau residents are being warned to watch out for a grizzly bear recently wounded near Freezeout Lake. A new cancer treatment center has opened in Lewistown. Montana will get more than one million dollars in federal aid for sagebrush conservation efforts.
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The commission that oversees management of Montana’s fish and wildlife is meeting in Helena on Aug. 17. Commissioners will vote on hunting, fishing and trapping regulations in the meeting.
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Two wildlife advocacy groups have formally notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of their intent to sue over recent changes made to Montana’s wolf trapping laws.
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park officials killed a food-conditioned grizzly bear in Big Sky.