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 ...

BITTERROOT VALLEY, Mont. - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are offering rewards up to $1,000 to anyone with information on two separate poaching incidents in the southern Bitterroot Valley ...

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 ...

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 next fall. The proposal to ...

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. The study, ...

HAMILTON – Researchers are back in the Bitterroot tracking elk calves. After a two-year hiatus, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has teamed with Montana State University to see how young elk are ...

DARBY — Efficiency comes with practice. In the mountain meadows on the southern edge of the Bitterroot Valley, wildlife researchers were all about being efficient as they stalked tiny elk calves ...

HAMILTON - The elk herd in the East Fork of the Bitterroot may be on the rebound. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Craig Jourdonnais counted 56 elk calves per 100 cows during his July aerial ...

HAMILTON, Mont. - Montana wildlife officials say the elk herd in the East Fork of the Bitterroot Valley could be rebounding. Craig Jourdonnais of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says he counted 56 ...