The Merriam's wild turkey is a true mountain bird. Named for the prolific taxonomist and zoologist C. Hart Merriam, these birds range from higher-elevation ponderosa pine forests in winter time to ...

These were the first documented cases of bird flu in a grizzly in Montana and the first nationwide for this outbreak of HPAI, according to Dr. Jennifer Ramsey, the department’s wildlife ...

The bird flu is not the only thing impacting Western Montana’s birds. Top US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’ These nuclear companies are leading the race ...

Bozeman and Belgrade have seen recent outbreaks of disease affecting wild birds, with Great Falls and western Montana also registering some cases, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. The ...

The populations of several common birds in Montana have dropped by more than 80 percent over the past 40 ... Wild Ginger announces closure ... and springtime western meadowlark dropped 25 percent.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Although cases in wild birds has declined over the summer, there have been new cases in Montana and parts of the U.S. this fall. The virus is highly fatal to geese, raptors and ...

Montana drops proposed delay for nonresident bird hunters Feb. 20, 2024 Updated Wed., Feb. 21, 2024 at 6:46 p.m. Sharp-tailed grouse wander through the rows of a field south of Billings in 2021.

Avian influenza -- commonly called bird flu -- is a naturally occurring virus that spreads quickly in birds. There were documented cases of HPAI in a skunk and a fox in Montana last year, and the ...

The wild turkey is one of America’s favorite game birds. Saved from precipitous decline in the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, the birds now range across the entire Lower 48. While there are five ...

CORVALLIS – Al and Selma Putnam loved everything except the wild neighbors when they bought a place in the Bitterroot Valley and settled down in 2005 to start a vineyard.

Three grizzly bears were euthanized in Montana after they became ill and tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, according to the state’s Department of Fish ...

Avian influenza -- commonly called bird flu -- is a naturally occurring virus that spreads quickly in birds. There were documented cases of HPAI in a skunk and a fox in Montana last year, and the ...