Animal advocates want Montana to force hunters to buy and carry bear spray in grizzly country—making it the first state to require specific safety gear as a condition of legal hunting....
Federal courts prioritize endangered coho over irrigation rights, threatening 1,400 farm families and a $400 million agricultural economy....
Pennsylvania ruling requires warrants for game warden surveillance, testing the limits of conservation enforcement power....
States lose millions in wildlife management revenue as hunting restrictions spread, forcing agencies to choose between enforcement and habitat protection....
Federal agents cite Montana hunters for exceeding limits during state-sanctioned conservation hunts meant to control overpopulation....
Predator recovery promises payments for livestock losses, but claims sit unpaid for months while ranchers absorb costs....
Federal cuts leave irrigators with 35% allocations while suckerfish populations remain in decline....
Record bear numbers fuel rancher demands for state control while environmentalists promise more lawsuits....
Federal transfer could be dress rehearsal for delisting — and the hunting debate nobody wants to have yet....
As bear numbers reach recovery goals, the fight over who manages them is just beginning....