When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gray wolf in snow. (Eric Cole/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the department’s Fish and ...

House Resolution 845 has passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, known as the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, removes the gray wolf from protection under the Endangered Species Act.