Mpg Ranch News Today

Within Montana’s complicated and controversial stew of disagreements over elk management and hunting access, a few areas of commonality have recently emerged from separate groups contemplating the issues.

A study conducted in the Bitterroot Valley by the Raptor View Research Institute in Missoula from 2011 to 2018 tested 91 golden eagles and found almost 95% had elevated lead

“Tracking Notes. The Secret World of Mountain Lions” will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Missoula’s Wilma Theater as part of the annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

Sharp-tailed grouse are the only bird species documented by Lewis and Clark that have disappeared from western Montana. A new reintroduction effort aims to rectify that.

PERRY BACKUS “The natural world, and the people who love it, are undoubtedly better off because of her.” — FWP nomination letter MPG Ranch ecologist Kate Stone was named “Biologist of the Year” last week by the Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society. In a Facebook post shortly after she accepted the award, Stone said she cried when she read the nomination letters that talked about her accomplishments on so many different levels. There’s a common the...