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Sheridan rallies around charity firewood bank after chainsaws stolen Three chainsaws stolen from fire bank's shed and last updated 2020-12-14 13:23:46-05 SHERIDAN - For years, the Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley has been delivering free firewood to the those in need. The program hit a snag after three chainsaws were stolen from their shed in Sheridan recently. It wasn’t just a crime against this group of dedicated volunteers. “What we’re doing here is providing firewood to our neighbors in the Ruby Valley who can’t take care of themselves for some reason. So who are we st...

BILLINGS, Mont. — At the winter meeting of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, Lori Roberts introduced a new tool to keep the peace between grizzly bears and humankind — “bear smart communities,” inspired by the model used in British Columbia, Canada. Roberts, of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and chair of IGBC’s information, education and […]

High rates of chronic wasting disease in and around the Ruby Valley have prompted officials to ramp up the killing of white-tailed deer in nine hunting districts across southwest Montana. Brian Wakeling, game management bureau chief for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said at a virtual Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Thursday that the prevalence of CWD in whitetails this year exceeded 40% in some areas around the Ruby Valley. The disease was first detected in the valley in 2019. “These deer are contiguous with white-tailed deer and moose throughout the Ruby Jefferson, Beav...