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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

HUNTING -- An ambitious elk study in the East Fork of the Bitterroot River has documented an increase in elk calf survival. Wolves have not been a significant factor this year, although mountain lions ...