Elk are a familiar sight in much of Montana now, but that hasn't always been the case. By the early 1900s, unregulated hunting had led to massive declines in wildlife nationwide. But In Yellowstone, ...

HAMILTON – Researchers are back in the Bitterroot tracking elk calves. After a two-year hiatus, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has teamed with Montana State University to see how young elk are ...

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 ...

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 ...

DARBY — Efficiency comes with practice. In the mountain meadows on the southern edge of the Bitterroot Valley, wildlife researchers were all about being efficient as they stalked tiny elk calves ...

HAMILTON - The Bitterroot's elk herd may yield some of its secrets starting next winter if everything comes together as planned for a major study in the southern end of the valley. Montana Fish, ...

Elk and trout don’t get to participate in land management decisions such as travel planning. The new travel plan for the Bitterroot National Forest is important to the future of both elk and trout, as ...