HAMILTON - The Bitterroot's elk herd is ailing. The ratio between cows and calves in some hunting districts is as low as biologists have ever seen. In many places, it's half of what biologists think ...
MISSOULA, Mont. - Archery season is right around the corner and hunters are getting prepared, especially in the Bitterroot Valley where elk populations look to be improving. Montana Fish, Wildlife & ...
HAMILTON - University of Montana professor Mark Hebblewhite knows all about the interaction between wolves and their prey. For more than a decade, Hebblewhite tracked elk, caribou and moose in the ...
HAMILTON — Elk numbers are on the rise in the Bitterroot. It’s been a while since anyone could say those words. This year’s aerial spring count found 7,373 elk in the five hunting districts that ...
HAMILTON – Bitterroot elk hunters should go into this season wearing a smile, knowing the area’s elk herd continues to rebound. After numbers dropped alarmingly low five years ago, state wildlife ...
Saying big game numbers in the West Fork of the Bitterroot are precariously low, a member Bitterroot Elk Working Group has asked the state to institute an emergency hunting closure this year. Scott ...
From breaking news to special features, we're on it! Join the NonStop Local Chord group and always be in the know. BITTERROOT VALLEY, Mont. - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are offering ...
BILLINGS – Mountain fires can spark the growth of new vegetation that, for several years, can provide as much nutrition to elk as irrigated agricultural fields. “We found out they have access to some ...
HELENA, Mont. — There were at least five elk calves killed after consuming toxic ornamental plants in mid-January in the Florence area of the Bitterroot Valley. The calves were found dead by ...
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