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SHERIDAN – More than 300 samples were collected for chronic wasting disease testing during a recent CWD management hunt for white-tailed deer in southwest Montana.

Hunting outfitters turned out in force at the Capitol on Tuesday to support a bill that would guarantee them a percentage of nonresident deer and elk licenses for their clients.

MADISON COUNTY, Mont.- The Madison County Public Health Department said they are working with both the Ruby Valley Medical Center and the Madison Valley Medical Center for the distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines. Madison County Public Information Officer Bonnie O’Neil said the county health department is asking residents to directly contact the Ruby Valley Medical Center and the Madison Valley Medical Center to be placed on their waiting list. Once the vaccine is received ...

Carrie Dann, Defender of Her Ancestral Land, Dies She struggled to win recognition of tribal rights to a territory stretching across four states. Some tribe members accepted money to end the dispute; she refused. Carrie Dann in 2002 on the family ranch she owned with her sister, Mary Dann, near Crescent Valley, Nev.Credit...Laura Rauch/Associated Press By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2021 Carrie Dann, who spent decades fighting the United States government to reclaim the ancestral land of the ...

Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation, has died.

Native American land activist Carrie Dann dies in Nevada Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, January 6, 2021 RENO, Nev. (AP) - Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation, has died. Dann and her older sister Mary Dann, who died in 2005, fought with the federal government for decades over ownership of their a...

BOZEMAN – The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission last week unanimously approved a chronic wasting disease (CWD) management hunt for white-tailed deer in several hunting districts in southwest Montana. Between Dec. 15 and Feb. 15, unused 2020 general deer licenses will remain valid for either sex white-tailed deer harvest, and unused 2020 003-00, 331-00 and 399-00 deer B licenses will remain valid for antlerless white-tailed deer harvest within the CWD management hunt area. Now that the g...

Southwest Montana deer hunting season extended to limit the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission last week unanimously approved a chronic wasting disease management hunt for white-tailed deer in several hunting districts in and around the Ruby Valley. and last updated 2020-12-17 14:54:34-05 The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission last week unanimously approved a chronic wasting disease management hunt for white-tailed deer in several hunting districts in a...

Southwest MT deer hunting season extended to limit the spread of CWD The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission last week unanimously approved a chronic wasting disease management hunt for white-tailed deer in several hunting districts in and around the Ruby Valley. By: Chet Layman and last updated 2020-12-17 14:59:58-05 BOZEMAN — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission last week unanimously approved a chronic wasting disease management hunt for white-tailed deer in several ...

Testing Reveals New Chronic Wasting Disease Hotspot In Southwest Montana Wildlife officials say new data show that the Ruby Valley in southwest Montana has become a hotspot for chronic wasting disease, a disease fatal to deer, elk and moose. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks spokesperson Greg Lemon says this year’s data has shed light on the prevalence of the disease in the Ruby Valley near Sheridan, where CWD showed up in 23 percent of samples. "That’s pretty significant. That definitely, fo...