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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republican lawmakers in Idaho and Montana made it much easier to kill the predators. The Center for Biological Diversity, Humane Society and Sierra Club filed a legal petition asking Interior Secretary […]

Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republican lawmakers in Idaho and Montana made it much easier to kill the predators.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republicans-backed laws in Idaho and Montana made it much easier to kill the predators.

New wolf killing laws prompt push to revive US protections Republican lawmakers in Idaho and Montana pushed through legislation in recent weeks that would allow hunters and trappers to kill unlimited numbers of wolves. Author: Matthew Brown / Associated Press Published: 10:41 AM MDT May 26, 2021 Updated: 4:53 PM MDT May 26, 2021 BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for g...

BILLINGS (AP) — Wildlife officials in central Montana have killed the first confirmed grizzly bear in modern times in the Big Snowy Mountains south of Lewistown, state wildlife officials said

After Reappearing In Central Montana Range, Grizzly Killed Over Cattle Depredation BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials in central Montana have killed the first confirmed grizzly bear in modern times in the Big Snowy Mountains south of Lewistown, state wildlife officials said Friday. The 447-pound (203-kilogram) male bear had been photographed eating a dead cow in late April by a remote camera set up by a landowner. Traps for the grizzly were set over the weekend after a second cow carca...

After reappearing in Montana range, grizzly killed over cows May 14, 2021 GMT BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials in central Montana have killed the first confirmed grizzly bear in modern times in the Big Snowy Mountains south of Lewistown, state wildlife officials said Friday. The 447-pound (203-kilogram) male bear had been photographed eating a dead cow in late April by a remote camera set up by a landowner. Traps for the grizzly were set over the weekend after a second cow carcass wa...

Jordan Peterson said he’s getting a Covid vaccine and anti-vax fans are furious Kate Plummer Jordan Peterson has alienated loads of his fans by announcing that he is getting the coronavirus vaccine. Writing on Twitter, the controversial professor told his followers he didn’t have enough antibodies to prevent reinfection, necessitating a good old dose of the vaccine. He said: Off to be vaccinated today. Despite having Covid last May, my antibody levels appeared insufficient t...

Gianforte Scraps Plan For Free-Roaming Bison Montana officials are butting heads over the future of the national mammal. At stake is whether bison should be treated as livestock or as wildlife. New legislation and policy changes under the Gianforte administration are derailing hopes of establishing the first free-roaming bison herds in the state. It’s baby bison season in Yellowstone National Park. Tourists are pulled off on the side of the road, marveling at newborns a couple hundred yards a...

Montana’s wildlife managers are not expected to propose specific population targets for wolves as they implement a new law mandating a reduction in the state’s wolf numbers. Brought by Thompson Falls’ Republicans Sen. Bob Brown and Rep. Paul Fielder, four wolf-related bills were some of the most controversial wildlife legislation of the recent legislative session. Proponents, opponents and lawmakers spent hours debating wolves’ impacts to livestock and other wildlife, ethica...