John Dowd For many who visit Montana, elk are as good a symbol as any of the Rocky Mountains, just as the bison represent the ...

HAMILTON – Bitterroot elk hunters should go into this season wearing a smile, knowing the area’s elk herd continues to rebound. After numbers dropped alarmingly low five years ago, state wildlife ...

HAMILTON — Elk numbers are on the rise in the Bitterroot. It’s been a while since anyone could say those words. This year’s aerial spring count found 7,373 elk in the five hunting districts that ...

The elk herd in the East Fork of the Bitterroot may be on the rebound. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Craig Jourdonnais counted 56 elk calves per 100 cows during his July aerial flight ...

HAMILTON, Mont. - Montana wildlife officials say the elk herd in the East Fork of the Bitterroot Valley could be rebounding. Craig Jourdonnais of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says he counted 56 ...

HAMILTON – In an elk’s world, the east and west forks of the Bitterroot are about as different as night and day. Not only do elk have a better chance of becoming a predator’s next meal in the West ...

Michael Howell U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen heard oral arguments in the federal courthouse in Missoula last ...

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Bitterroot elk hunters should go into this season wearing a smile, knowing the area’s elk herd continues to rebound. After numbers dropped alarming low five years ago, state wildlife biologists have ...

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Biologists with the University of Montana and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are starting a one-year study on mountain lions living in the east and west fork drainages of the ...