By Todd Wilkinson EBS Environmental Columnist If annus horribilis—the year otherwise known as 2020—has taught us anything, it is that modern Americans, in ways unprecedented, have received...
“Town Crier” newsletter – Briefs from the Region (1) – 5/20/20 It seems like just yesterday the scariest illness in Montana was actually one that affects...
Part 2: How hunting plays a role in CWD management By Jessianne Castle EBS ENVIRONMENTAL & OUTDOORS EDITOR As the deadly wildlife disease known as chronic...
Managing chronic wasting disease in the Greater Yellowstone Part 1: Lay of the land By Jessianne Castle EBS ENVIRONMENTAL & OUTDOORS EDITOR As the deadly wildlife...
By Scott Shindlede DAILY INTER LAKE ASSOCIATED PRESS KALISPELL — This year was a dark one for Montana hunters and lovers of wild game meat with...
By Christine Petersen CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE ASSOCIATED PRESS CASPER, Wyo. – Chronic wasting disease, an always-fatal ailment that eats away at the brains of infected deer, elk...
MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS RED LODGE – Montana recorded its first suspected case of chronic wasting disease in wild elk on Nov. 25. The cow...
Meanwhile, 50 percent of mule deer buck tissue samples test positive for CWD near Lander By Todd Wilkinson EBS ENVIRONMENTAL COLUMNIST For the first time ever,...
‘Zombie deer disease’ spreads to moose Chronic wasting disease has been spreading across the state, and the discovery in a Montana moose—a first-ever—has expanded the previously...
Montana’s approach to a fatal wildlife infection By Jessianne Castle EBS ENVIRONMENTAL & OUTDOORS BOZEMAN – In mid-October, samples from a mule deer buck on Montana’s...