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Montana Wolves

  • New documentary out, "Wolves in Paradise"

    Ralph Maughan

    Paradise Valley, Montana, that is. Story:  By Martin J. Kidston. Helena Independent Record

  • Missoulian does an overview of Montana wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a moderately good overview of the general wolf situation and history of wolves in Montana from the 1980s. Wolf shot; animal had killed cattle. By Michael Jamison of the Missoulian. On the other hand, whoever wrote the headline for Jamison’s story and the first three paragraphs (they are in boldface) was generally uniformed…

  • Wolf hunt is part of the package for Montana delisting

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf hunt is part of the package for Montana delisting. Opinion. Daily InterLake Montana FWP is planning a wolf hunt after delisting, as the opinion happily indicates. However, FWP has invited wolf conservation groups for their views along with other groups. That is very unlike Idaho. I also get the impression that a first Montana…

  • Wolves in the fold: Ranchers struggle to co-exist with an old Montana predator

    Ralph Maughan

    This story appeared Oct. 6 and is fairly moderate in tone, despite the headline — “their struggle” isn’t much compared to the multitude of other things that kill cattle and sheep. Montana’s Department of Fish and Wildife and Parks, which does just about all on-the-ground decision making about wolves today, is also moderate. Montana’s Department…

  • Wolf kills Labrador in Ninemile [Valley]

    Ralph Maughan

    I made a brief note of this earlier, but the Missoulian did a full story on it. The Ninemile Wolf Pack goes way back to 1990, well before the wolf reintroduction. This has happened before there. Of course, as time goes by people forget. Most years the Ninemile Pack kills a few livestock or pets.…

  • Montana ranch favored by conservation groups gets cited for upleasant kind of wolf killing

    Ralph Maughan

    The email and phone lines have been buzzing about this one. Last July a ranch hand at the Sun Ranch ran down and ran repeated ran over an injured female wolf, the alpha of the pack. The Sun Ranch on the east side of the Madison Valley has long been favored by many conservation groups…

  • Officials have killed 5 wolves in 2 days

    Brian Ertz

    Wildlife services has killed five wolves in the past 2 days in Montana. The language of the article is interesting to note . 5 wolves for 2 calves, four were gunned down from a helicopter. – – – – Update from RM Sept. 29. Ed Bangs has sent out the Grey Wolf Recovery Weekly Progress…

  • Northern Rockies wolf numbers rise while livestock depredations falls

    Ralph Maughan

    Ed Bangs has released the mid-year estimate of wolf numbers. The final estimate is made for Jan. 1, and, of course, it has to be lower because the pups are born each April or May.. The wolf population continues to grow, most strongly in per cent terms in Montana, although in absolute numbers in Idaho…

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