Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the department’s Fish and Wildlife Commission are named defendants in two lawsuits ...

HELENA, Mont. - Montana wildlife commissioners on Wednesday consider more liberal hunting and trapping rules for gray wolves as part of an effort to drive down their population.A bag limit of five ...

The bill seeks to create an unlimited wolf hunting quota when Montana’s wolf population is above 550; it currently sits around 1,100 to 1,200, according to the state. The only area exempted from the ...

For those keeping track, the number of wolves harvested by Montana hunters in two management units immediately north of Yellowstone National Park has increased to three. The first wolf to be killed in ...

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...

A 2-year-old wolf that was beloved by wildlife aficionados and tracked by researchers in Yellowstone National Park has been killed by a Montana hunter. Wolf 1479F, part of the Junction Butte Pack, was ...

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has closed the wolf hunting and trapping season in southwestern Montana’s Region 3 after 55 wolves were killed. The quota was 52. So far this year, 224 wolves ...

HELENA – A proposal to expand the state’s wolf hunt is being fast-tracked through the Legislature and shortly will be sent to the governor’s desk for his signature. The Montana Senate on Thursday ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — The Montana House of Representatives voted down a bill Friday that sought to extend the ...

HELENA, Mont. — Last week, two bills allowing increased wolf hunting in Montana had contentious hearings before clearing the House Fish and Wildlife Committee on Jan. 24. House Bill 222, which would ...

Hunters in Montana had shot more than 160 gray wolves as the season came to a close across most of the state Wednesday - a sharp increase from the last hunt in 2009 but still short of the state's ...

A federal judge has cut wolf trapping season in half in most of Montana. The decision comes after multiple animal advocacy groups filed a lawsuit claiming that federally-protected grizzly bears are ...