Jul
08
2010
As expected, Montana FWP set this year’s wolf hunt quota at 186. The Associated Press has a write-up . . .
Montana wildlife regulators on Thursday set this year’s wolf-hunt quota at 186, more than doubling 2009’s quota, with the aim of reducing the state’s wolf population for the first time since they were reintroduced to [...]
Tags: Montana FWP, wolf hunt
Jul
06
2010
The Montana FWP commission will likely set this year’s wolf hunt quota at 186 this Thursday, up from last year’s 75. No word on quotas for the North Fork or other specific management areas yet.
State wildlife officials will recommend increasing the quota of wolves allowed to be killed by hunters this year to 186, compared [...]
Tags: Montana FWP, wolf hunt
Jul
09
2009
The Clark Fork Chronicle reports that hunting licenses for Wolves go on sale in Montana on August 17. In northwest Montana, the Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission set a quota of 41. Interestingly, the North Fork has a specific sub-quota of 2 wolves.
As just about every article on the subject has mentioned, this year’s wolf [...]
Tags: hunting season, Montana FWP, wolf recovery, wolves
Apr
21
2009
It must be spring. Montana FWP is back in the bear eviction business again. According to an article in today’s Daily Inter Lake, they had to relocate a sow and her cub a few days ago that were getting into garbage in the Swan Range foothills. Tim Manley, a grizzly bear management specialist, reports that [...]
Tags: bear attractants, bear relocation, Montana FWP