According to Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks the three west-central Montana hunter check stations reported seeing 2500 hunters over the October 20 weekend.
Montana will allow wolf trapping for the first time in recent years this winter, but in order to participate trappers will need to have special certification.
Investigators believe that the mountain lion that reportedly stalked a four-year-old girl at the Harper's Lake Campground last week was recently discovered outside a home near the river watch trail north of the lake.
Two Golden Eagles were found dead near Bear Creek just off of the Fish Creek drainage near Alberton. A Bozeman research lab determined that the eagles were killed by poison. Public information officer for Fish Wildlife and Parks, Vivica Crowser explains,
It is still unclear whether the eagles were targeted with the poison or whether they came across the poison while eating carrion...
Preliminary approval has been given by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks to increase the number of Mountain Lion permits in the West Fork Bitterroot areas from 20 to 30.