by Mike Garrity | Jul 19, 2013 | AWR, bobcats, farm, lynx
by Karl Puckett, Tribune Staff Writer A Stevensville couple is applying for a license from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to operate a facility to raise and sell captive bobcat and lynx 10 miles north of the western Montana town. The proposal is opposed by the...
by Mike Garrity | Jul 19, 2013 | AWR, bobcats, lynx
by Tribune Staff Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks expects to make a decision on a proposed commercial fur farm north of western Montana’s Stevensville next month. The fur farm proposal is the first FWP has considered in six to eight years, said Michael Lee,...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 22, 2013 | AWR, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, lynx, otters, wolverines, wolves
by Laura Lundquist, Chronicle Staff Writer Three conservation groups have sued to stop trapping in Montana lynx habitat. On Thursday, in a Missoula U.S. District Court, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Wild Swan and WildEarth Guardians filed a lawsuit...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 21, 2013 | AWR, bobcats, deer, dogs, elk, lynx, moose
by Laura Zuckerman, Reuters (Reuters) — Conservationists sued Montana wildlife officials on Thursday, claiming the state violated the U.S. Endangered Species Act by allowing hunters to set traps in areas known to be inhabited by the imperiled Canada lynx. Alliance for...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 21, 2012 | AWR, bobcats, lynx, trapping, wolves
by Eve Byron, Independent Record Four conservation organizations filed a notice Tuesday of their intent to sue the state, claiming that allowing trapping in Montana kills and injures Canada lynx, which is a species listed as threatened under the federal Endangered...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 21, 2012 | AWR, bobcats, lynx, trapping
by Karl Puckett, Tribune Staff Writer Four conservation groups served notice of intent to sue the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission on Tuesday over the incidental trapping of the rare forest-dwelling Canada lynx, a “threatened” species under the...
