Wolves

Hunters said wolves are hurting game populations.

The groups say the Agriculture Department is violating environmental laws by killing wolves without a new environmental analysis.

Smith says the survival rate of gray pups is only about 7%.

It's estimated about 1,000 grizzly bears and 900 wolves live in Montana, including Yellowstone and Glacier national parks.

There's a national contest to submit the best trail cam video. Wyoming's entry is a night video of a wolf pack out on the prowl.

Most are in the Western Great Lakes and Northern Rockies regions.

It's not exactly breaking news that wolves and elk are natural adversaries. But, it's not everyday where you get to see video of their conflict. That's exactly what happened recently at Yellowstone National Park.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Friday to drop legal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states, reopening a lengthy battle over the predator species.
Long despised by farmers and ranchers, wolves were shot, trapped and poisoned out of existence in mo…