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The new rules shorten the wolf trapping season to just Jan. 1 to Feb. 15, a time when most grizzly bears are hibernating in their dens and not in danger of becoming caught in a trap. (CN) — Montana narrowly avoided a federal trial challenging wolf trapping and snaring in the state’s grizzly bear territory […]
Two conservation groups agreed to dismiss a lawsuit against the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission this week after it adopted wolf and coyote trapping season regulations they said will protect threatened grizzly bears in Montana. The groups reached a settlement with the state of Montana on Thursday days before the case was set to go […]
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted regulations for the upcoming wolf and furbearer trapping seasons on Tuesday that keep court-ordered rules for trapping wolves in place but include a permit process for some trappers and the removal of some setbacks on certain roads in Ravalli County. The amendments and full slate of regulations received […]
Montana’s wolf trapping season will again run from Jan. 1 through Feb. 15 in western and most of central Montana – the same as last year’s season following a federal court order – and from Dec. 2 through March 15 for regions 6 and 7 in eastern Montana, according to a proposal on which the […]