The new management plan would also adjust FWP’s herd size objectives. Elk population management goals in 72 Montana elk hunting districts have been increased, primarily in the eastern half of ...

The nationally known Northern Yellowstone elk herd, numbering about 9,500 animals, is notably smaller, about half the size it was in the mid-1990's. Wildlife managers recently learned that its ...

The 2015 winter survey counted more than 1,130 elk inside the park and more than 3,700 in adjacent areas of Montana. Wolf numbers on the herd’s range have dropped by roughly half in recent years ...

Montana wildlife commissioners will weigh in for the first time Monday on a broad plan to protect against animal disease around by reducing the size of some elk herds, hazing them away from ...

Yellowstone National Park's northern elk herd is notably older than other Montana elk herds and about half the size it was in the mid-1990s, according to recent studies by the Montana Department ...

BILLINGS (AP) — The state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department has issued kill permits to ranchers and extended the hunting season to try to reduce the size of an elk ...

I am always amused by citizens that say all wildlife management should be science based. That is simply not the reality in today’s highly charged political landscape. The squeaky wheel gets the ...

Elk have become a political animal in Montana. For decades, predators like grizzly bears and wolves were the ones to incite political passion. Yet slowly, as elk populations have grown and herds ...

Elk herd squeezed by development. Chris Peterson, Hungry Horse News, Columbia Falls, Mont. Thu, April 20, 2023 at 3:59 AM UTC. 2 min read. ... Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials announced on Friday that an elk in southeast Montana tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. The elk was located on private land in Hunting District ...

But the state of Montana wants to cut the herd size in half, ... and cattle ranchers aren't demanding elk be restricted to the park. Only bison are mostly constrained to park boundaries.