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Montana Ag Network: Some Ranchers Frustrated with BLM Decision on Wild Bison MTN and last updated 2021-07-05 01:10:12-04 BILLINGS — The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) is expressing disappointment in the release of BLM’s draft environmental assessment finding no significant impact for a bison grazing proposal submitted by the American Prairie Reserve (APR). Montana Ag Network: Some Ranchers Frustrated with BLM Decision on Wild Bison MSGA vice president Jay Bodner says in recent years, MSGA has raised a variety of concerns with APR’s request to BLM to change the class of...

How grizzlies fared the 2021 Montana legislative session Critics say the shift in management efforts will lead to more grizzlies dying and fly in the face of federal protections of the animal. But supporters of the changes say it will help protect people and livestock from threats of a ballooning grizzly population. Written By: Keith Schubert / Daily Montanan | 4:28 pm, May 19, 2021 × Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and credited to Frank Van Manen. Bolstered by a political shift in the Montana governor’s office, Republican lawmakers zeroed on legi...

Leopold wolf following grizzly bear A slate of bills making their way through Montana’s legislative session indicate a potential sea change in how the Treasure State will manage big carnivores and who gets a say in making those decisions. Nicky Ouellet: Rachel, we’re halfway through Montana’s legislative session. Can you bring us up to speed on several bills that made it through the transmittal deadline that take aim at reducing the wolf population in Montana? Rachel Cramer: Earlier this month, Montana’s Senate passed Senate Bill 314 from Sen. Bob Brown, a Republican from Thompson F...

Supporters of House Bill 505, brought by Speaker of the House Wylie Galt, R-Martinsdale, said they appreciated the incentive-based approach to address ballooning elk numbers in many areas and their impact to landowners. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is legally obligated to manage elk to objectives, meaning population targets based on biological factors and social tolerance of the animals. In many hunting districts elk have topped and in some places far exceed objectives, leading to extended “shoulder” seasons for cow elk and up to three licenses per hunter. Success has been mixed i...

The House Fish, Wildlife & Parks Committee is taking up a bill Tuesday carried by Speaker of the House Wylie Galt that would institute new landowner-sponsored elk hunting licenses in districts at population objectives and a bonus point boost for hunters deciding to hunt cow elk on private land in over-objective districts. House Bill 505 was borne from a concept developed internally at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The bill aims to incentivize private landowners and hunters to work to reduce elk numbers in some areas and maintain them at desired levels. FWP also believes it offers potential ...