Twenty-one U.S. senators led by New Jersey's Cory Booker and Michigan's Gary Peters asked Interior Sec. Deb Haaland to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered.

Twenty-one U.S. senators led by New Jersey's Cory Booker and Michigan's Gary Peters asked Interior Sec. Deb Haaland to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered.

Twenty-one U.S. senators led by New Jersey's Cory Booker and Michigan's Gary Peters asked Interior Sec. Deb Haaland to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered.

Twenty-one U.S. senators led by New Jersey's Cory Booker and Michigan's Gary Peters asked Interior Sec. Deb Haaland to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered.

Twenty-one U.S. senators led by New Jersey's Cory Booker and Michigan's Gary Peters asked Interior Sec. Deb Haaland to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered.

With grizzly bears probing its edges, wildlife managers along the Montana-Idaho border anticipate a lot of controversy heading toward the Bitterroot Ecosystem.

With grizzly bears probing its edges, wildlife managers along the Montana-Idaho border anticipate a lot of controversy heading toward the Bitterroot Ecosystem.

As former members of the Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission, we generally refrain from criticizing decisions made by our successors. However, the current commission’s recent actions regarding the new wolf trapping and hunting regulations are so egregious that we must speak out. We all are avid deer and elk hunters, and we believe wolves play an important ecological role on the landscape.