Associated Press

The defense also disputed the restitution amount, saying the reimbursement losses were just over $14,000.

Ravalli and Missoula county authorities helped trap the adult dogs and gather up the puppies, including one litter that was only a week old.

Bullock’s original request in late October sought disaster designations for Daniels, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley counties.

Federal wildlife officials said in 2011 that additional areas should be considered for grizzly bear recovery, but that work has never been completed.

The Cameron check station, south of Ennis and the most trafficked in the area, saw 2,367 hunters this season — the lowest since 2013 when 2,212 passed through the station.

Authorities say Kiilsgaard is suspected of shooting an exploding target on an informal gun range on federal land.

School officials say Lehman resigned as a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Hawthorn Elementary School in November for personal reasons.

Officials say the exact number of bison expected to be culled out of the estimated 4,900 depends on the winter migration.

A student at a Montana elementary school was injured after being “knocked down forcefully” by a deer that had jumped the school’s fence.

Wyoming highway authorities have rescued a semi-truck driver and a passenger stuck on a snowy mountain road closed for the season.