There might be an unusual amount of wolf/mountain lion conflict along the Idaho-Montana border-
Liz Bradley, a wolf manager for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has found an unusually high number of wolves killed by cougar in the Bitterroot Mountains near the Montana-Idaho border from Lolo on the north to near the Idaho border on […]
Continue Reading →The Montana FWP Commission has decided not to extend the wolf hunt in the Bitterroot area. While many claim that the elk declines seen there have been due to wolves but a recent study implicates cougars and a quick look at the historic numbers shows that poor hunting management has also contributed to the […]
Continue Reading →Unconfirmed sightings are increasing, but does this mean real bears or more Ravalli County hysteria?
Officially there are no grizzly bears in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho-Montana or in the ranges to the east until you get about the Snowcrest Range. On the other hand, grizzlies are spreading out as their traditional food sources in […]
Continue Reading →Like an oak. The stubborn Brandborgs and the fight for wilderness
by Jessica Mayer. The Missoula Independent.
I have heard tales of Stewart Brandborg since I was a young man. I’ve never met him. He still lives in the Bitterroot Valley and fights on. It isn’t just […]
Continue Reading →Sticking point is probably domestic sheep-
If there are domestic sheep, they probably shouldn’t risk it.
Montana FWP considers new bighorn herd in Bitterroot. By Perry Backus. Ravalli Republic
Continue Reading →Result might be due to change in hunting rules-
Eyes in the sky: FWP aerial survey counts Bitterroot deer on the ground. By Perry Backus. Ravalli Republic.
The figures look good.
Continue Reading →Elk pop. of West Fork of Bitterroot has dropped 21 % in four years. Wolves live there too. Therefore wolves must be responsible?
This seems to be the current argument of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks. They used to have other explanations. More properly this new logic would be one hypothesis (one of a number […]
Continue Reading →There have been many large scale changes to the land in recent years, including wolf restoration , but not just wolves-
Predator puzzle. Study raises questions over what’s killing Bitterroot elk. By Alex Sakariassen. Missoula Independent.
People tend to approach these questions with their minds made up. What I see when I visit compared […]
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