To accommodate higher rates of predation, the Montana Livestock Loss Board has requested an additional nearly $150,000 to reimburse ranchers for the loss of their animals, a nearly 50 percent increase from two years ago.
The Montana Livestock Loss Board has paid a Helena-area rancher $11,000 for 45 lambs and ewes killed in August, the largest number of animals killed at once so far this
The language in Prop 114, the voter-approved measure to bring wolves to the state promises the “restoration of the gray wolf to the state must be designed to resolve conflicts with persons engaged in ranching”.