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New audio documentary investigates history, challenges and future of sharing Western landscapes with wolves

By Louis Wertz | December 6, 2022

By most metrics, wolf recovery in the lower 48 is a conservation success story. But not everyone sees it that way. The first season of a new podcast from Montana State…

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Does this fisherman have the right to be in this billionaire’s backyard?

By Louis Wertz | September 14, 2022

In 2018, Hill, 81, a retired nuclear weapons scientist, filed a lawsuit asking the state to clarify its notoriously muddy stream-access laws vis-à-vis one of his favorite trout fishing grounds. To the…

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How many wolves should there be in Colorado?

By Louis Wertz | August 19, 2022

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department has roughly 18 months to reintroduce gray wolves on lands west of the Continental Divide. As the agency puts together a reintroduction plan, the…

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Oregon gets funds to help producers deal with wolves

By Louis Wertz | August 18, 2022

A federal grant will soon be available to help farmers and ranchers combat wolves in Oregon. $100,000 will be spent by the USDA to help solve the problem in non-lethal…

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Livestock producers asked to petition for cost-share programs to reduce risks of predator damage

By Louis Wertz | August 1, 2022

U.S. Department of Agriculture leadership has asked the Western Landowners Alliance to demonstrate demand from producers for cost-share programs for landowner-implemented conflict prevention, including fencing, range riding and carcass management,…

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CPW Commission hears SAG draft, public comment on wolves

By Louis Wertz | July 29, 2022

The Stakeholders Advisory Group delivered their draft report and recognize that wolves have both positive and negative impacts and will be allowed to remain where they are if they’re not…

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USDA partners with Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem landowners to conserve wildlife habitat 

By Zach Altman | May 23, 2022

Wyoming landowners in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have long allowed wildlife to migrate through their private lands, and now, a new partnership will financially compensate them. The United States Department…

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Wolves force California ranchers into deadly compromises

By Zach Altman | April 5, 2022

Griffin’s overarching goal, he tells me, is simply for ranching to endure. That lifestyle is where his heart is, and so too is the protection of open spaces that allow…

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Guest column: Montana making strides in migration education

By Zach Altman | April 2, 2022

Montanans have long valued the state’s wide-open landscape. The state has benefited greatly from the ability of ranching, farming and forestry to utilize these lands in economically productive ways that…

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With big investment in wildlife crossings, Colorado lawmakers hope to cut car-animal collisions

By Zach Altman | March 30, 2022

Senate bill 151 would tab that money for safe wildlife crossings around the state’s highways and interstates and, backers hope, leverage federal money from the bipartisan infrastructure bill to goose the…

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