The Spokesman-Review

Why wildlife advocates doubt WA and Colville tribes’ wolf count

Wildlife advocates say the tribes have provided little information on how they gathered their data, and they’re suspicious of the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s willingness to take the numbers at ...
Daily Inter Lake

Tribes, wildlife officials oppose proposed hunting bill for Flathead Indian Reservation

Tribal advocates argued during a Tuesday evening hearing in Helena that a proposed hunting bill could jeopardize tribal-state relations and result in years of costly litigation. House Bill 216 would ...
The Columbian

Why Washington’s wolf count is under scrutiny

This Nov. 7, 2017, photo released by the National Park Service shows a wolf in the road near Artist Paintpots in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Wolves have repopulated the mountains and forests of ...
KREM

In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone tribe decided to classify buffalo as wildlife. Here is why

FORT WASHAKIE, Wyo — Jason Baldes drove down a dusty, sagebrush highway earlier this month, pulling 11 young buffalo in a trailer from Colorado to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. His blue truck ...
Animal Welfare Institute

NOAA Greenlights Gray Whale Hunt for Makah Tribe

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is disappointed with yesterday’s decision by federal regulators to issue a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to the Makah Tribe of ...
Los Angeles Times

Oregon tribe has hunting and fishing rights restored under a long-sought court ruling

LINCOLN CITY, Ore. — Drumming made the floor vibrate and singing filled the conference room of the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, as hundreds in tribal regalia ...

Is Colorado Really Preparing to Hunt Bison?

Once hunted to near-extinction and brought back from the brink, bison are protected as wildlife in some parts of the United ...