Poaching

Wolf hunting from helicopters is illegal.

Officials say he has 35 days to appeal the decision.

Because grizzly bears are listed as “threatened” under the federal Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service appeal and Peta are coming together to offer a monetary reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the suspected poaching.

The cause of death was not immediately known, but poaching was a possibility.

A 23-year-old Montana man faces 24 criminal charges, including eight felonies, involving the illegal killing of three elk in August.

A member of the public reported the deer poached last Thursday.

Authorities say the animals poached by Schuhen included three bull elks and a buck antelope.

Three men have been fined $2,600 each and stripped of their hunting, fishing and trapping privileges for 4-and-a-half years for poaching three bison near Gardiner, according to Montana wildlife officials. Jessie Darr, Ryley Heidt and Peyton Simmons each pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of game, waste of game and hunting out of season in Park County Justice Court...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks have discovered an abandoned animal near Florence.

Missoula Mayor John Engen will be out of the office for several weeks with an undisclosed medical condition.