SPOKANE, Wash. - Wolves were hunted, trapped and poisoned to near-extinction almost a century ago in the West, so the federal government's plan to remove them from the endangered species list and ...

A Helena judge has allowed the wolf hunting and trapping regulations the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted earlier this year to stand, despite flagging “serious concerns” about the state’s ...

New rules have been approved for gray wolf hunting and trapping in Wisconsin. The rules were developed by the Department of Natural Resources and approved in October 2023 by the Natural Resources ...

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, ...