Michael Howell U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen heard oral arguments in the federal courthouse in Missoula last ...

HAMILTON - In an elk’s world, the east and west forks of the Bitterroot are about as different as night and day. Not only do elk have a better chance of becoming a predator’s next meal in the West ...

The groups say the Forest Service unlawfully removed a restriction on road density within the Bitterroot National Forest.

HAMILTON - Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Craig Jourdonnais spotted around 400 more elk in the Bitterroot Valley this spring than during the annual monitoring flight last year.

The Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness was part of the original class of lands designated under the United States’ 1964 Wilderness Act: 1.3 million acres, or about 526,000 hectares, of steep river canyons, ...