elk

Paradise Valley, MT — The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) today announced an innovative payment-for-presence program to compensate a rancher for providing elk habitat in Montana’s Paradise Valley.  Using …

Elk hunters, landowners and other stakeholders interested in how Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks manages elk have an opportunity to weigh in on the new draft elk management plan. The …

HELENA – The suite of recommendations developed by the Elk Management Citizen Advisory Group are available for public review and comment. The group was organized this past spring by FWP director Hank …

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public input on revisions to the statewide Elk Management Plan last adopted in 2005. FWP began work on the revised plan in 2020, …

By Chuck Denowh – United Property Owners of Montana Policy Director In a few areas of the state elk populations have been allowed to grow to crisis proportions. For example, …

On Tuesday, February 22nd, the Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) announced that an animal from a Gallatin County ranch within Montana’s Designated Surveillance Area (DSA) was confirmed infected with brucellosis. …

By Chuck Denowh – Policy Director – United Property Owners of Montana The most recent elk population counts show a disturbing trend of Montana’s elk herd increasing to crisis levels …

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is continuing to take steps to revise its Elk Management Plan, first drafted in 2005. The process began with the created of a citizens group …

By Brian Yablonski, CEO of the Property and Environment Research Center. In a move that will benefit both ranchers and wildlife in our region, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently …

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a draft policy statement through the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) on research with …