Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks

Speaking with Ron Aasheim at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Tuesday afternoon, he revealed that the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied an emergency request by three environmental groups to halt wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho. I spoke with Mr. Aasheim about wolves, elk and overall wildlife management. That interview is attached.

More than 120 people have turned out in Deer Lodge for the first of three public hearings on Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' proposal to relocate Yellowstone bison to four possible sites in the state. One of those sites, the Spotted Dog Wildlife Management Area, is just six miles away from the ranching community...

Missoula County Sheriff's Deputies assisted airport security with a troublesome intruder early this morning, a large black bear. Senior Deputy Two Joe McNeal gives details of where the bear was found.

More than 20 people died of drowning and in boating accidents in Montana this spring and summer and the heavy snowpack, spring rains and swollen rivers were partly to blame. The first drowning of the year occurred on May 7 in the Yellowstone River when a Billings fisherman's boat capsized downstream from Huntley.

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks successfully tranquilizer and relocated a female black bear feeding in backyards in Missoula. Officials believe she may have journeyed out of the rattlesnake area and was feeding on the abundance of fall fruits...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on proposals to provide shooting range grant funds to two proposed projects in Missoula and one in Hamilton. I spoke with Information and Education Program Manager Vivaca Crowser on Monday afternoon about the proposals, That interview is attached.

Montana wildlife managers say a spring survey of bighorn sheep shows that past actions of killing sick bighorns in an effort to prevent a pneumonia outbreak from killing even more bighorns appears to have resulted in a higher survival rate for lambs.

Wildlife officials say they have killed the last two of four wolves believed to have been involved in livestock depredations on a ranch in the Sapphire Mountains east of Darby. Liz Bradley, a wolf management specialist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, says federal Wildlife Services agents killed the wolves during a helicopter hunt Thursday and put a radio collar on another yearling male near

The Montana State Library and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have teamed up to  launch a new website. The site is designed to help anglers find the basic information they need for a successful fishing season.

The change in weather is prompting bears to come out of their dens. Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks has already received several reports of bears venturing into Missoula area neighborhoods looking for food. On Sunday one adult male black bear, found in the rattlesnake district, was captured  and euthanized...