Montana

  • Highline Trail finally opens in snowy Glacier National Park, Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    It is almost a month and a half late! Highline Trail, Ptarmigan Tunnel open in snowy Glacier National Park. By Tristan Scott. The Missoulian  

  • Montana judge rules against transport of giant oilfield equipment

    Ralph Maughan

    Judge stops transport of megaloads through Western Montana- Great news!  Especially after all the elected U. S. officials from governors to the White House seem to have sold out. Montana judge rules against transport of giant oilfield equipment. Victory for campaigners as decision delivers a new setback to the efforts of Alberta tar sands. By…

  • Montana finalizes wolf hunt quota at 220, and more . . .

    Ralph Maughan

    Unlike Idaho, Montana FWP will set a quota for the state’s wolf hunt- Today, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Commission will set the wolf hunt quota for this fall’s hunt at 220 wolves. If met and the underlying assumptions behind the estimate are factually correct, this quota is expected to result in a decline in…

  • Missouri River cuts off pronghorn from fawning grounds

    Ralph Maughan

    Thousands died this winter, hundreds since trying to swim the mile wide river- We covered this wildlife disaster last winter, though in a general way. Spring has not ended it. Missouri River cuts off pronghorn from fawning grounds. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune

  • Cry, Wolf

    Ralph Maughan

    Did a Campaign of Fear and Intimidation Lead to the Gray Wolf’s Removal from the Endangered Species List? There have been a number of analyses of the recent congressional wolf delisting in the Northern Rocky Mountains. One recent piece places much of the blame on “environmentalists.” It is available by subscription only the the High…

  • Carelessness and two grizzly bears dead near Ronan, MT

    Ralph Maughan

    Unprotected chicken coops becoming a source of  bears deaths on Flathead Reservation- Two grizzlies were shot dead last weekend near the base of the bear-heavy Mission Mountains in NW Montana. An elk antler gatherer stumbled into a griz on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife area and shot the bear. Not far away on the Flathead Indian Reservation…

  • Hunt quota likely 220 wolves this fall . . . Montana FWP Commission

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana’s second hunt to be much larger than the 2009 hunt- Montana’s wildlife commissioners have tentatively approved a wolf hunt this fall of 220 wolves, compared to their 2009 hunt of 79. There was no hunt in 210. At the end of 2010, the official wolf population estimate for Montana was 566 wolves.  This quota,…

  • Local judge stifles free roaming bison reforms

    Ralph Maughan

    Park County, Montana judge issues a temporary restraining order to prevent bison from roaming Gardiner Basin– This means trouble for the bison just released from the pens on the north boundary of Yellowstone Park. I see they are still playing the brucellosis card and the new Old West favorite, We’re scared of the animals!! Park…

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