Posted 9:04 AM 7/26/2011 by Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Wildlife advocates will be in federal court Tuesday to challenge a move by Congress that stripped gray wolves of their endangered status across most of the Northern Rockies.
The hearing before U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula comes as Idaho and Montana (More)
Posted 2:30 PM 7/25/2011 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
MISSOULA - Conservation groups want to reverse a Congressional decision to take gray wolves in the Northern Rockies off the Endangered Species List and are hoping Judge Donald Molloy will side with their arguments.
After the latest round of court battles over delisting the wolves last (More)
Posted 7:43 PM 7/14/2011 by KBZK MEDIA CENTER
Following wildlife officials quota for the wolf hunt, several websites posted their response.
The Greater Yellowstone Coalition writes:
"While we are disappointed in the way delisting has been achieved, the goal of the ESA is to restore native wildlife from the brink of extinction. (More)
Posted 8:07 AM 7/14/2011 by Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana wildlife commissioners are scheduled to adopt a proposal Thursday that would allow hunters to kill 220 gray wolves this fall. The proposal before the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission comes after the state regained control over wolves this spring.
(More)Posted 11:22 AM 6/29/2011 by Mark Holyoak (KPAX Missoula)
HELENA- The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission will meet July 14 in Big Sky (at 1 Lone Mountain Trail) to determine quotas, seasons, and districts for the upcoming 2011 wolf hunt.
FWP previously approved a proposal to allow the killing of 220 wolves statewide, which would reduce (More)
Posted 7:47 AM 5/6/2011 by Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Hunters aiming to bag a gray wolf this year can once again buy a tag from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
The state wildlife agency started selling tags for $11.50 Idaho residents Thursday, one day after the predators were taken off the endangered species (More)
Posted 9:14 PM 5/5/2011 by Breanna Roy (KPAX Missoula)
Wolf proponents won't give up: they want to restore federal protection of the species. On Thursday three conservation groups filed suit in Missoula District Court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians (More)
Posted 10:32 AM 5/5/2011 by Marnee Banks (KXLH Helena)
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is proposing the state's second ever wolf hunt. The plan would allow hunters to kill up to 220 wolves this year, which marks a jump from the 2009 hunting season, where wildlife officials set the quota at 186.
FWP Director Joe Maurier says about 560 wolves (More)
Posted 9:23 PM 4/14/2011 by Mark Holyoak (KPAX Missoula)
President Obama is expected to sign the 2011 budget agreement into law on Friday. Aside from a package of spending cuts, it also includes legislation to remove wolves from federal protection in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The pending law evoked strong reaction from a number of (More)
Posted 11:56 AM 4/12/2011 by Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - An attachment to a federal budget bill needed to avert a government shutdown would take gray wolves off the endangered species list across most of the Northern Rockies.
Wildlife advocates conceded Tuesday the wolf provision was all but certain to remain in the (More)