Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks
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You too can hunt bison in fenced wildlife management areas. The Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks is floating a plan to move the last remaining quarantined bison to State owned wildlife management areas. Good thing right? Not so fast, they would be fenced in and not allowed to roam freely on the landscape.…
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Yet another story of two-legged wolves taking down elk- 2010 seems to have been quite a year for elk poachers in the Rocky Mountains. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued this news release. Versions of it are circulating in the media. News release: Elk Poaching Case Nets Nearly $40,000 in Fines & Restitution. Monday, January…
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Will Montana drop wolf management entirely? Carolyn Sime has been moved from her post as wolf coordinator to work on other issues but it appears that may not be the only change. It appears that Montana may be considering following Idaho’s lead and drop wolf management entirely. At least it is not “off the table”.…
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Tired of one-sided wolf management Jerry Black, a frequent commentator on this site, is challenging Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks for its attempt at building a coalition with hunters, outfitters, and livestock interests for the purposes of overturning Malloy’s wolf decision. He’s tired of the one-sided state management which benefits only those special interests who…
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186 allowed to be taken in an attempt to reduce MT wolf population to between 411 and 488. This has been in the news for a while but we didn’t report it here because we all have been traveling. Montana wants to reduce the population of wolves to between 411 and 488. They have decided…
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“Wildlife Services agents no longer need FWP authorization to kill wolves at or near confirmed livestock depredation sites.” This is about the worst scenario for wolves of Montana that could be concocted by the state, especially while the decision to delist them is being considered in the courts. This nudges wolves even closer to a…