Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks recently released the findings of a 10-year research study on moose populations across the state, showing positive trends for t

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is facing criticism and legal action from citizens over a recent decision concerning black bear quotas.

The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks committee spent nearly five hours on Tuesday evening considering a trio of bills related to Montana’s population of roughly 1,100 resident wolves — far too many according,

Wildlife and conservation group members from across Montana sued the state Fish and Wildlife Commission for allegedly ignoring state open meeting laws when approving the elimination of some black bear hunting quotas.

The Montana Legislature is now considering House Bill 74, which would raise the fee for private fish ponds to $600.

A trio of bills would increase take of animals by eliminating hunting quotas, allowing year-round hunting, and reclassify wolves as ‘furbearers’.

A group of nine Montanans sued the state Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday, alleging that the regulation-setting body violated state law and the state Constitution by removing a limit on female black bear hunting in northwest Montana without prior public notice.

Now, after four years of leading the FWS, Williams still thinks of it as a sweet gig, notwithstanding the endless litigation, bureaucratic sand traps and partisan conflicts that some might expect would have soured her experience.

Streit is currently the financial controller at Flat Acre Farms in Chester. She founded a grain merchandising company in 2014 and is a past president of the Hill-Liberty-Blaine County Farm

A committee of the Montana House of Representatives held hearings on three separate wolf hunting bills on Tuesday in Helena.

Committee members next considered House Bill 176, which looks to put rules in place for when Montana has 450 or more wolves. Once the population is at that level, the bill would require unlimited hunting quotas and allow multiple harvests per person, night hunting on private, trapping and bait.

A recent United States Fish and Wildlife ruling pumped the brakes on removing grizzlies from the endangered species list, also putting ranchers hopes of clarity on the back burner.