Montana lawmakers debated legislation that would allow unlimited wolf hunting across the state until the population was reduced to a threshold of 650 animals statewide.

Montana landowners have not been required to have a license to kill wolves attacking livestock, pets or threatening humans ...

State wildlife officials examine over 100,000 boats annually at roadside inspection stations, searching for signs of ...

Montana's lawsuit against Yellowstone's bison plan contradicts park scientists' research on population sustainability and ...

It’s not just legislators meddling with our hunting and fishing heritage who bear watching this session; it’s the lobbyists and their funders who should really concern you. In the last two sessions, ...

The two bills heard in committee to reduce wolf populations by relaxing hunting rules follow up on legislation passed in 2021 that directed the FWP commission to reduce wolf populations “to a ...

City Council at a recent work session discussed the city's robust urban deer population with the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease detected in the valley last fall. "Roughly, it's a two-year death ...

A bill that would allow non-tribal residents to hunt big game on the Flathead Reservation is one in a long line of similar ...

We talked with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks about giving wildlife space during winter to help animals make it to spring.

Clayton Murphy UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism HELENA — The Montana House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee tabled one bill and advanced two other bills that ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks continues to work on a multi-year project in the Lower Clark Fork near Noxon in Sanders County to better understand elk populations. Crews have been capturing and ...

House Bill 178, carried by Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, would prohibit the use of AI in surveillance and facial recognition unless used to identify a missing person, a suspect in a serious ...