Conservation

Wildlife leaders write, "One of our best tools to keep Montana Montana is an important funding source that was established by the Montana legislature in 2021 to protect our outdoor way of life."

A group of livestock producers asked the state wildlife agency for a pause on future wolf releases, after wolves from a 2023 began preying on livestock.

Kyle Dunphey (Utah News Dispatch) Despite the various steps lawmakers have taken in recent years to get more water to the Great Salt Lake, researchers say there’s no way to truly restore the lake without cutting back on the production of crops like alfalfa. T...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to keep federal protections for grizzly bears in the lower 48 states, but it would change the rule that limits whether grizzly bears can be killed or hazed for management purposes.

Federal wildlife officials are seeking information related to what they called the illegal killing of a gray wolf reintroduced to Colorado as part of the state’s voter-mandated restoration program.

Wildlife professionals write, "Montana needs a responsive Fish and Wildlife Commission that listens to and considers all public input, not just those who dislike predators or those who can profit by commercializing wildlife."

Montana hunters and anglers write, "... this freedom is under attack in Montana, where political dogma obstructs a landowner’s voluntary decision to conserve their property through a conservation easement."

State warns that it could rescind ‘tolerance zones’ that allow bison to wander out of the park without being hunted.

Although the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed a segment of the foxes' population as endangered, it didn't designate a critical habitat for it, making their survival more precarious, the Center for Biological Diversity claims.

Using a no-notice amendment, the Fish, Wildlife & Parks commission voted to eliminate quotas that biologists wanted to keep black bear populations from declining.