Tag Archives: Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks

There are roughly 4,800 bison in the Yellowstone National Park herd, according to a survey conducted by park biologists this August.

Officials have confirmed the same parasite that felled thousands of whitefish in the Yellowstone River last year is present in the current spate of fish deaths.

More dead fish have been found in the Yellowstone River, but not nearly as many as last year, when officials had to close access to parts of the river.

Dead fish have been found in the Yellowstone River near the hub of last year’s fish kill, which closed the river for nearly a month.

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission is eying an expansion of elk habitat just north of Yellowstone National Park.

Montana, Wyoming and Idaho are set to assume management responsibilities for Yellowstone area grizzly bears Monday, July 31, 2017.

A symposium in Livingston, Montana is discussing the future of the Yellowstone River after last summer’s alarming whitefish die-off.

Nearly 1,000 Yellowstone bison have been killed so far this winter.

Over 570 Yellowstone bison have been killed so far this winter, according to estimates from wildlife managers.

Elk numbers are up in northern Yellowstone, according to a recent survey from the Northern Yellowstone Wildlife Working Group. Further, more are migrating into Montana.