HAMILTON – Bitterroot elk hunters should go into this season wearing a smile, knowing the area’s elk herd continues to rebound. After numbers dropped alarmingly low five years ago, state wildlife ...

HAMILTON, Mont. - Montana wildlife officials say the elk herd in the East Fork of the Bitterroot Valley could be rebounding. Craig Jourdonnais of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says he counted 56 ...

This year, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Bitterroot-based biologist, Rebecca Mowry, counted 7,768 elk during the annual spring tally that dates back to 1965. And Mowry is certain that she missed ...

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 ...

The elk herd in the East Fork of the Bitterroot may be on the rebound. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Craig Jourdonnais counted 56 elk calves per 100 cows during his July aerial flight ...

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 ...

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HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Biologists with the University of Montana and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are starting a one-year study on mountain lions living in the east and west fork drainages of the ...

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Mountain lions in the southern reaches of the Bitterroot Valley will soon be donating their DNA for the cause of science. Most of the big cats involved in the new study won’t ...