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 ...

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 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 ...

KALISPELL - A cool, wet summer grew lots of green this year, and now that green is growing lots of big deer and elk - record numbers in some parts of western Montana. "There's quite a bit of ...

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 ...

It’s also important to note that one of the reasons Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana still have robust elk herds is because they’re able to manage their own gray wolf populations. (Gray wolves are not a ...

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.