By Todd Wilkinson EBS Environmental Columnist If annus horribilis—the year otherwise known as 2020—has taught us anything, it is that modern Americans, in ways unprecedented, have received...
The tree, which grows in higher elevations and poor soil, is a keystone species across 80 million acres of western North America. By Johnathan Hettinger MONTANA...
Be Bear Aware campaign reminds public to carry bear spray, know how to use it BE BEAR AWARE MISSOULA, MT — The bears are awake! The...
By Keith Ridler ASSOCIATED PRESS BOISE, Idaho – Federal authorities are contesting a lawsuit filed by environmental groups seeking to ban using bait to hunt black...
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS BOZEMAN — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is investigating a grizzly bear mortality after a hunter reportedly shot the bear in self-defense....
By Matthew Brown ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials rejected petitions Thursday to protect Yellowstone National Park’s storied bison herds but pledged to consider...
EBS STAFF During the last week of July, the federal government formally completed the paperwork that returns grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to the...
By Patrick Reilly MISSOULIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS MOIESE – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service diverted roughly a third of the National Bison Range Complex’s budget in...
A ‘shared responsibility’ By Jessianne Castle EBS ENVIRONMENTAL & OUTDOORS EDITOR LIVINGSTON – As June gave way to summer after a prolonged spring in the Rocky...
Finding middle ground By Jessianne Castle EBS ENVIRONMENTAL & OUTDOORS EDITOR BOZEMAN – For conservation champion Shane Mahoney, wild animals define us. “They made us human because...