Mad about Science: South American megafauna
By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist I have very fond memories of my fourth-grade year at Hope Elementary. Mr. Nietman devoted nearly the entire year to the study of the rainforest and the impacts it...
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Groups go to court to get wolves relisted in Montana and Idaho
By Darrell Ehrlick Daily Montanan A prediction, several years in the making, came true on April 8 when an alliance of nearly a dozen conservation groups filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Area Gray wolves denied Endangered Species Act protection
By Soncirey Mitchel Reader Staff The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a decision Feb. 2 denying wildlife conservation groups’ petition to protect northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act, which...
Setting the record straight on wolves
By Don Gay Reader Contributor In my opinion, the Reader opinion article on wolf trapping [“Trapping is a legal, useful tool to manage wolf populations,” March 31, 2022, by Eric Wieland] is purely opinion....
Trapping is a legal, useful tool to manage wolf populations
By Eric Wieland Reader Contributor A few years ago I was hunting on the west side of the Selkirks. It was a crisp September morning, the frost was still clinging onto the beargrass, where...
Wolves in trouble
By Jane Fritz Reader Contributor A friend and I hiked up along Johnson Creek in Clark Fork last month, popular for winter recreation, only to find ourselves on the heels of a young family...
Clark Fork woman calls for trapping law changes
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Trapping regulations are back in the public eye after a Clark Fork woman’s dog was injured by a wolf snare. The Associated Press reports that Mary Franzel was cross-country...
