3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (524+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Several state attorneys general on Wednesday sued the Trump Administration over what they call unlawful and immoral changes to the Endangered Species Act. “They are wrong on the merits, the morals and the law,” Washington state Attorney…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) (WyoFile) A long-range plan for the National Elk Refuge released Friday afternoon proposes continuing to feed elk for the long haul in the Jackson Herd, even as deadly chronic wasting disease propagates across the landscape. Strategies that the draft plan…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (313+ words) The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystems Council, Gallatin Wildlife Association and Council on Wildlife and Fish is taking the Forest Service to court to stop a massive clearcutting and burning project in the South Tobacco Root Mountains in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (244+ words) Last week, more than 200 conservationists and researchers from Montana, Wyoming and Idaho convened at Ricketts’ Jackson Fork Ranch southwest of Bondurant, Wyo., for the 2nd annual Conservation Summit. There, they spent two days learning about wildlife research in the Yellowstone region…...

3+ week, 22+ min ago   (917+ words) (Daily Montanan) The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission this week adopted new wolf hunting and trapping regulations, with a 300-wolf limit for the upcoming season, reflecting the state’s lower population estimate for the species. The decision on Wednesday took a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (358+ words) (CalMatters) Lawmakers on Thursday killed a controversial plan that could have allowed grizzly bears to one day return to California. The Assembly Appropriations Committee spiked Inglewood Democratic Sen. Laura Richardson’s Senate Bill 1305. The measure would have tasked the California Department…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (298+ words) On August 19, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet to decide the fate of wolves in Montana. The proposal is to kill 250 wolves across the state through hunting and trapping. Additionally, up to 15 “removals” on any individual private property…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (552+ words) (Missoula Current) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is inundated by comments both opposing and supporting a federal proposal to allow states to manage threatened grizzly bears. Monday was the deadline for the public to comment on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…...