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  Montana wolf hunt tags selling in Northwest MT

  

  Posted 6:59 AM 8/18/2011 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ Kalispell)

  There's just two weeks remaining to get your hunting tags for wolves and so far the state has sold over 3,000 permits.

  Despite opposition from groups who have tried to stop the hunt, it appears its still going forward and at the Kalispell Fish Wildlife and Parks Office, spokesperson John (More)

  
  

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  Montana wolf hunt licenses going on sale

  

  Posted 2:25 PM 8/5/2011 by KPAX/KAJ Media Center

  HELENA - Licenses for this year's Montana wolf hunt are going on sale on Monday, Aug. 8, and they will be valid within 14 specifically defined wolf management units.

  Hunters can purchase a wolf license (More)

  
  

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  Baucus and Tester reaction on wolf ruling

  

  Posted 8:13 PM 8/3/2011 by BAUCUS AND TESTER PRESS OFFICES

  A federal judge in Missoula has ruled in a case brought by several wildlife groups seeking to put wolves back on the Endangered Species List.

  U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy upheld the constitutionality of Congressional action taking the wolves off the protected list.

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  Molloy: Wolf delisting a debatable policy change, but not illegal

  

  Posted 8:10 PM 8/3/2011 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX Missoula)

  U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy says a Congressional budget rider removing Montana and Idaho wolves from the Endangered Species list probably violated constitutional law. But case law means he doesn't have the authority to overturn the rule.

  That's the decision Molloy issued (More)

  
  

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  Wolf law challenged as hunts loom in Idaho, Mont.

  Posted 8:08 AM 7/27/2011 by Associated Press

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Wildlife advocates went to federal court Tuesday to challenge a move by Congress that stripped endangered species status from more than 1,300 gray wolves across five states in the Northern Rockies.

  The two-hour hearing before U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in (More)

  
  

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  Wolf law challenged as hunts loom in Idaho, Montana

  

  Posted 9:04 AM 7/26/2011 by Associated Press

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Wildlife advocates will be in federal court Tuesday to challenge a move by Congress that stripped gray wolves of their endangered status across most of the Northern Rockies.

  The hearing before U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula comes as Idaho and Montana (More)

  
  

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  Latest wolf battle returning to Missoula courtroom

  

  Posted 2:30 PM 7/25/2011 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)

  MISSOULA - Conservation groups want to reverse a Congressional decision to take gray wolves in the Northern Rockies off the Endangered Species List and are hoping Judge Donald Molloy will side with their arguments.

  After the latest round of court battles over delisting the wolves last (More)

  
  

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  Varied reaction to wolf hunt quotas

  Posted 7:43 PM 7/14/2011 by KBZK MEDIA CENTER

  Following wildlife officials quota for the wolf hunt, several websites posted their response.

  The Greater Yellowstone Coalition writes:

  "While we are disappointed in the way delisting has been achieved, the goal of the ESA is to restore native wildlife from the brink of extinction. (More)

  
  

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  FWP to decide on MT wolf hunt

  

  Posted 8:07 AM 7/14/2011 by Associated Press

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana wildlife commissioners are scheduled to adopt a proposal Thursday that would allow hunters to kill 220 gray wolves this fall. The proposal before the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission comes after the state regained control over wolves this spring.

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  FWP Commission to decide wolf quotas, other issues

  

  Posted 11:22 AM 6/29/2011 by Mark Holyoak (KPAX Missoula)

  HELENA- The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission will meet July 14 in Big Sky (at 1 Lone Mountain Trail) to determine quotas, seasons, and districts for the upcoming 2011 wolf hunt.

  FWP previously approved a proposal to allow the killing of 220 wolves statewide, which would reduce (More)