Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — The Montana House of Representatives voted down a bill Friday that sought to extend the ...

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 ...

According to the University of Rhode Island, PhD student Patrick Bailey has observed gray wolves hunting sea otters, which represents a significant behavioral shift. Wolves serve a vital role in ...

A Helena judge has allowed the wolf hunting and trapping regulations the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted earlier this year to stand, despite flagging “serious concerns” about the state’s ...

Although conservationists are celebrating a legal victory this week in their fight to restore protections for wolves in the West, wolves remain under state control in Idaho, where hunting and trapping ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. After a relatively subdued floor debate — at least as far as wolf-related bills go — the Montana ...

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...