AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoWhitefish Lake Watch: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will intensify surveys after a dead, nonviable invasive mussel larva was found in Whitefish Lake. Follow-up samples showed no further signs, but officials say continued monitoring is important. Wildlife Enforcement: A Montana hunting guide was fined $20,000 and placed on probation for selling reproductive material from a trophy bighorn sheep taken on public land; he is barred from commercial hunting and outfitting for a year. Bison Grazing: DNRC found American Prairie’s plan to graze bison alongside cattle on 640 acres of state trust land in Phillips County unlikely to cause significant environmental impacts, with the existing stocking limit unchanged. Warming West: A new study estimates Western glaciers have lost 35% of their area and 33% of their volume since the 1950s; Montana was among seven states included. Yellowstone Wildlife: Grizzly bear deaths in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have reached a modern record for the third year in a row.
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