MISSOULA, Mont. - Archery season is right around the corner and hunters are getting prepared, especially in the Bitterroot Valley where elk populations look to be improving. Montana Fish, Wildlife & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 - Faced with an aging elk herd and low bull calf numbers, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will recommend that elk hunting be by permit only in the East Fork of the Bitterroot Valley next ...

HAMILTON — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will contribute $38,000 toward an ongoing elk survival study in Ravalli County, the Missoula-based nonprofit conservation organization announced on Friday.

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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 ...

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 encircle the ...

BILLINGS – Mountain fires can spark the growth of new vegetation that, for several years, can provide as much nutrition to elk as irrigated agricultural fields. “We found out they have access to some ...