Wolves

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that it would send a one-time payment of $170,000  to the Montana Livestock Board to help cover losses due to wolf predation.

Montana Fish, Wildlife, & Parks is beginning to prepare for wolf trapping season and anyone that wants to trap this year will need to get some prerequisites out of the way first.

Wolf population declines slightly, report says.

The final tally for the 2012-2013 wolf season has been released.

The Montana wolf hunting season is in its final two weeks.

Wolf hunting buffer zones around Yellowstone National Park will not be put in place during this hunting season.

The wolf hunting season continues in Montana, with 156 total having been harvested so far — 104 by hunters and 52 by trappers.

A report of a dog and two pups slain by wolves west of Frenchtown is being taken seriously by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks officials knew other animals than wolves would be caught in wolf traps, and so far, they have been proved right.

Wolf trapping season got underway officially on Saturday, and only two have been caught so far, according to Ron Aasheim with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks.