HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The public response to the plans for this year's wolf hunt in Montana has been staggering: A whopping 6,500 comments have been received on the proposal set for approval Thursday ...

Ranchers Jay and Chyenne Smith raise Black Angus cattle near the tiny town of Carmen, Idaho. The ranch is located just over the ridge from one of the original sites of wolf reintroduction, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. gray wolf walking in the snow Conservationists who are pushing for additional protections for wolves say a recent Montana court ...

A member of Wapiti Lake Pack is photographed near the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park in July 2020. The Wapiti is one of nine packs living in Yellowstone as of December 2024. Jim Peaco ...

Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists estimate the state’s wolf population at 1,235 as of May 2024, down 7.35% from 1,333 a year earlier. Other estimated totals for May were 1,642 for 2019, ...

Current wolf hunting, trapping policies a grim reminder of eradication campaign from the past, early wolf member of wolf management team says Idaho legislators are driving the policy by responding to ...

ENTERPRISE — Hunting and trapping to reduce the number of wolves in Wallowa County are the primary goals of the group the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners heads. The group held another workshop ...

Ranchers Jay and Chyenne Smith raise Black Angus cattle near the tiny town of Carmen, Idaho. The ranch is located just over the ridge from one of the original sites of wolf reintroduction, and the ...

Although conservationists are celebrating a legal victory this week in their fight to restore protections for wolves in the West, wolves remain under state control in Idaho, where hunting and trapping ...

CARMEN (Idaho Capital Sun) — Idaho rancher Jay Smith has a wolf problem. Over the last 20 years, Smith said wolves have killed more than 200 of his cattle and caused major financial harm to his family ...

Whether it’s badgers, beavers, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, muskrats or wolves, if it’s legal to trap in Idaho, Kramer has probably caught it. Depending on the animals, he’s used scent lures, bait or even ...