The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department is beginning to develop a new plan for managing mountain lions in the state. The current plan is about 20 years old, and officials hope to have a new plan ready by the end of this year.
The Missoulian reports Brandy Taylor and her husband were watching a movie in their home when they heard a crash near their garbage cans around 1 a.m.
Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials have seen a drop in bobcat numbers in those areas. The decline is attributed to a cyclical population shift, but the agency doesn't want to exacerbate the drop through hunting and trapping.
The Montana Senate advanced a proposal to instruct Montana law enforcement agencies to disregard future federal gun laws.
Trappers in Montana have killed 77 gray wolves and hunters have shot 127 so far this winter, a total of 204 animals, as the season for the animals nears its end.
Montana FWP officials say they received more than 21,000 comments about the license application, mainly opposition from animal-rights advocacy groups and individuals.
Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say they are investigating a Missoula man's anti-wolf claim that he purposefully ran down a pair of wolves near the Idaho-Montana border.
Montana law prohibits harassment of hunters, punishable by a fine of up to $500 and 30 days in prison.
This marks the fourth year in a row the state has not been able to sell all of its big game tags, leaving an estimated $3.3 million in untapped revenue for Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.
The Montana Land Board approved a $345,000 purchase of 320 acres of threatened grizzly bear habitat to add to the Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area in Teton County.