Some Montana lawmakers and sportsmen claim that state’s wolf hunting regulations are too restrictive and won’t let them kill the wolves fast enough.

After a judge denied a request to suspend Montana’s wolf season three years ago, wildlife advocates are now trying again ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the department’s Fish and Wildlife Commission are named defendants in two lawsuits ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing increasing the statewide quota for the upcoming ...

Two weeks after the Outdoor Heritage Coalition and a pair of Republican lawmakers sued the state for doing too little to ...

The groups argue the 2025-26 seasonal quotas would destabilize the state’s wolf population and risk plunging the predators’ ...

Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission took steps toward implementing a statewide wolf quota for the upcoming season but agreed to keep a ceiling in place for the only region of the state where the ...

FLATHEAD COUNTY, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is considering big changes to wolf hunting and trapping rules. FWP plans to present a new proposal on August 21, increasing Montana's wolf ...

State wildlife officials are looking to loosen regulations and increase quotas on wolf hunting and trapping for the 2025-26 season. Among the potential changes is a 50% increase to both the statewide ...

For those keeping track, the number of wolves harvested by Montana hunters in two management units immediately north of Yellowstone National Park has increased to three. The first wolf to be killed in ...

A 2-year-old wolf that was beloved by wildlife aficionados and tracked by researchers in Yellowstone National Park has been killed by a Montana hunter. Wolf 1479F, part of the Junction Butte Pack, was ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has proposed the slaughter of more than 500 wolves in the upcoming ...