Yellowstone News and Information

Mass Yellowstone Hunt Kills 1150 Bison

US may lift protections for Yellowstone, Glacier grizzlies

  Yellowstone-based wolves faring much better this hunting season

  Nez Perce hunter grazed by stray bullet in Gardiner

Yellowstone revealed: Call of the wildlife

  State shuts down wolf hunting and trapping in southwest Montana after threshold is met 

Montana Decides to Cut Wolf Season Short in Region Bordering Yellowstone National Park

Up to 900 bison at Yellowstone National Park to be killed or relocated this winter

  Montana could soon allow grizzly bear hunting for first time in decades

  News Release Elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 6 Date: November 2, 2021 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 MOOSE, WY— An elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 6, in Grand Teton National Park. The park’s enabling legislation of 1950 authorizes Grand Teton National Park to jointly administer an elk reduction program with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department when necessary for the proper management and conservation of the Jackson Elk Herd.   Respective federal and state resource managers have reviewed available data and concluded that the 2021 program is necessary. The need for the program is determined annually and is based on the status of the Jackson Elk Herd, including estimated herd size and composition and the number of elk on supplemental feed on the National Elk Refuge. A total of 400 permits are authorized for the 2021 program. The only area open to the elk reduction program is Wyoming Game and Fish ...

  News Release Three Yellowstone wolves killed in Montana during first week of Montana’s hunting season Junction Butte pups (not the pups recently killed) photographed by wolf program park staff using a telephoto lens. NPS / Jeremy SunderRaj 2019 Subscribe | What is RSS News Release Date: September 27, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park wolf biologists report that the park’s Junction Butte Pack (27 wolves) lost three wolves to Montana hunters during the first week of Montana’s wolf hunting season. The Junction Butte Pack transcends Yellowstone’s northern range and is the most viewed wolf pack in the world. Multiple recent overflights conducted by the park confirmed the pack size has been reduced from 27 to 24 animals, losing two female pups and one female yearling. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) confirms three wolves were killed outside of Yellowstone in the general vic...

  Lawsuit challenges gray wolf harvest near Yellowstone National Park

 New Idaho Law Calls For Killing 90% Of The State's Wolves

  Wolf numbers about flat in Wyoming range

Hunting for the right mix on bison management  

Montana governor warned after trapping and killing wolf near Yellowstone