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, ...

HELENA, Mont. — There were at least five elk calves killed after consuming toxic ornamental plants in mid-January in the Florence area of the Bitterroot Valley. The calves were found dead by ...

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 ...

HAMILTON, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking information about several deer and one elk shot and wasted in the West Fork of the Bitterroot. Two mule deer bucks and one bull elk were ...

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

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 – 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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A logging and clearcutting project in the Bitterroot National Forest will make it harder to hunt ...

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 ...