By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Years ago, two friends and I were hiking in the far northwestern corner of Glacier National Park. It was early...
By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST There’s an old Aesop fable about a wolf wandering the hillsides and valleys when it comes across a robust mastiff....
By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Historically, grizzlies inhabit 2% of their original range in the Lower 48. We are told that these numbers represent recovery...
Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Imagine being a wild, free-flowing river plugged by a dam. Your freedom of movement is completely imprisoned. Around you, your health...
Who knew mountain lions have green claws By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Mountain lions (puma concolor) nomenclature includes catamount, cougar, ghost cat, mountain cat, panther,...
Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission targets mountain lion numbers By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST I’ve been working and recreating in the forests and mountains of...
Are FWP’s plans enough? By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are seeing a significant decline and loss in recruitment in brown...
Drastic decline in brown trout numbers By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeing a significant decline and loss in recruitment...
America’s national bird suffers from a seasonal threat of lead exposure By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Imagine a hunter in western Montana late in the...
Montana reintroduces the only bird missing from its western half. By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Dawn’s first light adorned the undulating prairies northwest of Choteau,...