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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Wolves are among Yellowstone's most popular sights – so popular and so closely watched they can become accustomed to seeing ...

HELENA, Mont. — House Bills 258 and 259 had public hearings before the Senate Fish and game committee Tuesday, and members of the public shared frustration about the bills, which are centered around ...

Two controversial bills that sought to push Montana’s wolf population down into the hundreds saw mixed success late this week on the House floor due in part to relatively heavy opposition from ...

Under the new plan, northwestern Montana would have nine wolf management units with a total quota of 122 or 133 wolves; western Montana would have two management units with a total quota of 26 or 31 ...

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 group of five wolves that wandered north from Wyoming into Carbon County last Tuesday acquired local video fame before one was shot. A black male member of the pack was legally shot by a hunter ...

Yellowstone National Park’s wolves have been contentious ever since they were reintroduced in 1995. Within the park, the ...