A 900-pound male grizzly bear that sought refuge in a garage on the Birch Creek Colony west of Valier was relocated Thursday to Pike Creek, west of East Glacier on the Rocky Mountain Front, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reported. The grizzly ran into the building to escape a group of residents who were hazing it away from homes. It apparently wandered into … [Read more...] about 900-pound grizzly bear relocated after seeking refuge in garage outside Valier

Montana could have its first cougar management strategy where the boundaries are set by the cats themselves. On Wednesday, Fish, Wildlife & Parks commissioners and a few sportsmen had to work to wrap their heads around how a proposed plan to manage mountain lions could work within the usual system of hunting districts used with every other species. The thing is, said … [Read more...] about Montana FWP: Make mountain lion management areas huge to reflect cats’ behavior

WASHINGTON (CN) – President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday committing the United States to expand efforts to clean up nearly 8 million metric tons of litter polluting the world’s oceans. Known as the Save Our Seas Act, the bill received unanimous bipartisan support as it passed through the House and Senate this July before landing on Trump’s desk for a signature … [Read more...] about Trump commits U.S. to expanding efforts to clean up ocean litter

After seven months as interim chief, Vicki Christiansen is now chief of the U.S. Forest Service. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue performed Christiansen’s swearing-in ceremony on Thursday in Washington, D.C. “As a former wildland firefighter and fire manager, Chief Christiansen knows what’s needed to restore our forests and put them back to work for the … [Read more...] about Vicki Christiansen sworn in as U.S. Forest Service’s new chief

A Montana group has sued the Department of Interior for documents that may shed light on whether Ryan Zinke has acted illegally or unethically during his tenure as Interior secretary. On Wednesday, the watchdog group American Oversight helped Montana-based Western Values Project file a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., federal court to gain access to records of Zinke’s travel to … [Read more...] about Montana group sues DOI for Zinke emails in search of unethical, illegal acts