by Mike Garrity | Oct 25, 2009 | AWR, cattle, elk, hunting, wildlife, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
by Kim Murphy, The Los Angeles Times Reporting from Gardiner, Mont. – Wolf 527 was a survivor. She lived through a rival pack’s crippling 12-day siege of her den. When another pair of wolves laid down stakes in her territory, she killed the mother and...
by Mike Garrity | Oct 12, 2009 | AWR, bears, cattle, deer, elk, sheep, wildlife, wolves
by Eve Byron, Independent Record With an estimated 1,645 gray wolves now on the landscape in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, their recovery is heralded by many government officials as an amazing success story. Yet it hasn’t come cheap. Americans have spent more than...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 15, 2009 | AWR, hunting, wolves
by Rob Chaney of the Missoulian Wolf advocates have opted not to appeal a federal court decision that let wolf hunting seasons go forward in Montana and Idaho. “We’re anxious to get to the merits of our case,” said EarthJustice lead attorney Doug...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 14, 2009 | AWR, hunting, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
Editorial The gray wolf is a top predator, an essential part of the ecosystem, a symbol of the West. And it’s a symbol best displayed, not as pelts on a wall, but by packs in the wild. Exterminated like vermin, a bounty on their heads, the gray wolf was hunted...
by Mike Garrity | Sep 9, 2009 | AWR, hunting, wolves
MISSOULA, Montana, September 9, 2009 (ENS) – Late last night, a federal judge found that the federal government likely violated the law when it removed Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. In the same ruling, Chief Judge...
by Mike Garrity | Aug 26, 2009 | AWR, hunting, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
by Jennifer McKee of the Missoulian State Bureau HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Tuesday he’ll be disappointed if a federal judge stops Montana’s first-ever wolf hunting season – and hinted the state may sue to keep the hunt on. “If...
