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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- An acclaimed elk herd in Yellowstone National Park took a major hit last year, with biologists saying almost one in four of the animals were lost, mainly to predators and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite a sizable drop in the number of wolves residing inside Yellowstone National Park, the park's Northern Range elk herd suffered a 20 percent decline in 2010, according to an ...

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.

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 ...