What I find appalling is Montana FGD hasnt published Harvest information since 2014! Are they trying to hide actual numbers? FWP obtained full authority to manage wolves in Montana upon the federal delisting of the Rocky Mountain gray wolf in May 2011. FWP is committed to using its authority to responsibly manage Montana’s wolf population while addressing conflicts with livestock …
Montana wildlife managers investigate wolf spotting report | Montana News | billingsgazette.com
Another example of people falsely crying wolf! THREE FORKS— Montana wildlife managers are investigating reports of a wolf in the Three Forks area in the southwest part of the state. The superintendent of Three Forks schools says a parent called and reported to have seen a wolf. The school then posted a warning on its Facebook page. FWP spokeswoman Andrea …
Quantifying Wildness; Tracking Wolves and Elk in the Rockies | Cristina Eisenberg
Twenty years ago, I was a stay-at-home Montana mom living in a place where the large carnivore population (wolves, bears, cougars) outnumbered the human population. Parenting our daughters here required learning new life skills–such as wildlife tracking. Before I could send our kids out to play, I’d go tracking in our yard and woods to see who’d been around. If …
Groups want federal agency to monitor wolves
Five conservation groups on Tuesday asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to extend its oversight of wolves in Montana and Idaho that is set to expire in May. The agency removed the two states’ gray wolf populations from the Endangered Species List in 2011 after finding they were sufficiently recovered. The delisting order required the Fish and Wildlife Service …