California relocates mountain lions making a meal of endangered sheep
In order to save one endangered species, California scientists are having to relocate another iconic creature that is, regrettably, eating it. The California department of fish and wildlife is in the process…
Read More...In Montana, Bears and Wolves Become Part of the Culture Wars
Several bills are headed to Mr. Gianforte’s desk that would allow for more killing of wolves in the state to drive down their numbers. Practices that are being proposed include…
Read More...Montana FWP’s ‘grizzly guru’ tries to defuse human conflicts with bears
As the human-wildlife interface continues to expand across Montana, the potential for conflicts with grizzly bears increases as well. But Kalispell-based grizzly bear biologist Tim Manley says it doesn’t have…
Read More...Lummis introduces bill to delist grizzly bears in Wyoming
A bill removing grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Endangered Species List was introduced today by Senator Cynthia Lummis. The bill titled The Grizzly Bear State Management Act…
Read More...Measures to expand and monetize wolf hunting are moving through the Montana State Legislature, creating clashes about values and vocabulary
This week the House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee heard testimony on two bills that passed out of the Senate earlier this month with near-unanimous Republican support. Senate Bill 267 would allow…
Read More...Wild population of endangered Mexican wolves keeps growing
Once on the verge of extinction, the rarest subspecies of the gray wolf in North America has seen its population nearly double over the last five years, U.S. wildlife managers…
Read More...A rare gray wolf trekked from Oregon to California’s Central Sierra. Not everyone is thrilled
The latest gray wolf to make the long journey from Oregon to California has trekked farther south than any wolf tracked in the last century. He brings either hopes of…
Read More...Big questions about grizzlies await Haaland at Interior
(Subscription) The grizzly bear questions will only get tougher for Interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland. If confirmed, the New Mexico Democrat will confront legal, scientific, management and, yes, political challenges…
Read More...Colorado should go nice and slow on gray wolf reintroduction, panel says
It will take time to ensure that scientists and ranchers, wildlife activists and the rural Western Slope counties where wolves will be reintroduced all have a say on the divisive…
Read More...Idaho legislation would expand tools for wolf kills
An Idaho state House panel yesterday introduced legislation allowing the use of snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, powered parachutes and other methods to hunt and kill wolves year-round and with no limits…
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