MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS BIG SKY—Winter and spring are stressful times for wildlife as they must rely on fat reserves and limited nutrition to survive....
By John McLaughlin DALY INTER LAKE KALISPELL – Three now-dead cougars that found their way onto Flathead Lake’s Wild Horse Island handily hunted down its bighorn...
By Jessianne Castle ENVIRONMENT AND OUTDOORS EDITOR BOZEMAN – Despite intensive restoration efforts nationwide, bighorn sheep populations remain fragile across much of their home range. The...
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS With the passage of Senate Bill 344 into law, it is now legal to pick up and possess the skulls and...
By Jessianne Castle EBS Contributor LIVINGSTON – After a significant downtick in the number of bighorn sheep in Grand Teton National Park, officials are now accepting...
By Jessianne Wright EBS Contributor BOZEMAN – The third wave of an effort to expand the bighorn sheep population in the Madison Mountain Range occurred Jan....
By Jessianne Wright EBS Contributor GARDINER – A common viral disease in domestic sheep and goats is the suspected cause of scabby sores around the mouths...
By Jessianne Wright EBS Contributor BOZEMAN – As a part of a multi-year plan to reintroduce bighorn sheep into areas of the Madison Mountain Range east...
By Skip Anderson For MSU News Service BOZEMAN – Prior to the American westward expansion of the 19th century, there were as many as 2 million...
EUREKA, Mont. (AP) – State wildlife biologists have captured 32 members of a herd of bighorn sheep that live both in Montana and Canada and given...
