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The increase in expenditures can be traced to larger infusion of federal dollars for nonlethal predator control methods like electric fencing around calving yards and range riders to patrol herds.

The increase in expenditures can be traced to larger infusion of federal dollars for nonlethal predator control methods like electric fencing around calving yards and range riders to patrol herds.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Billings bird conservationists have started an online petition seeking to pressure Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to stop killing ospre

Wildlife group pushes to end bird killing at fish hatchery By BRETT FRENCHApril 4, 2021 GMT FILE - In this April 24, 2010, file photo, is a pair of Osprey on a new nesting platform along the Yellowstone River near Billings, Mont. Wildlife advocates have started a petition to pressure state officials to stop killing ospreys, great blue herons and other birds that eat or harass bass at the Miles City Fish Hatchery. (Casey Riffe/The Billings Gazette via AP) FILE - In this April 24, 2010, file pho...

BRETT FRENCH Additional federal funding helped a coalition of government and conservation groups double the number of projects across Montana during 2020 to keep grizzly bears and wolves away from livestock or other attractants. “The combined effort of everyone putting a little bit into the mixture helps create positive results,” said George Edwards, of the Montana Livestock Loss Board. “By partnering with diverse groups, we are achieving far more than any of us could...