Idaho board ponders an increase in wolf harvest
A new law allows the Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board to hire private contractors to kill wolves, while increasing funding to this group. Yet, contracting regulations provide challenges to carrying out…
Read More...Forest Service moves to weaken bighorn protections in Wyoming Range
Domestic sheep could graze anew on national forest land in the Wyoming Range where conservationists bought grazing rights to separate them, their pathogens and their impacts from bighorn sheep and…
Read More...Game and Fish says hunting has helped stabilize gray wolf population, manage conflicts
Wyoming Game and Fish Department wildlife managers say gray wolf populations have reached stable levels, thanks in part to hunting in the northwest corner of the state. The stable population also…
Read More...Eruption: How Human Development Is Degrading The American Serengeti
Suburban sprawl threatens rural livelihoods and connected landscapes that support wildlife. In this article, a series of time-lapses demonstrates rapid development and suburban growth in different geographies throughout the west.
Read More...USFWS must consider petition for wild horse’s protection
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wrongly refused to review an animal advocacy group’s bid to include a wild horse on…
Read More...Groups call for reintroduction of jaguars in US Southwest
Environmental groups and scientists with two universities want U.S. wildlife managers to consider reintroducing jaguars to the American Southwest. In a recently published paper, they say habitat destruction, highways and…
Read More...Montana gov signs legislation shaping grizzly management
Governor Gianforte of Montana recently signed Senate Bill (SB) 98, with some implications towards grizzly bear management in the state. SB 98 makes a declarative statement that grizzly bears should be…
Read More...After Reappearing In Central Montana Range, Grizzly Killed Over Cattle Depredation
Wildlife officials in central Montana have killed the first confirmed grizzly bear in modern times in the Big Snowy Mountains south of Lewistown, state wildlife officials said Friday. The 447-pound…
Read More...Montana has made killing wolves easier. Some hunters are pushing back.
New laws in Montana make it easier to trap and hunt wolves. Yet, hunters disagree on whether new laws passed, particularly ones allowing neck snares, qualify as sportsmanlike hunting.
Read More...Biden nominee says Yellowstone area grizzly population ‘doing very, very well’
While she did not directly answer questions regarding grizzly bears should be removed from Endangered Species List protection, one of President Joe Biden’s nominee’s for the U.S. Fish and wildlife…
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