08/20/2026
đ¨ BREAKING NEWS đ¨
Montana has two wildly different answers to one basic question: How many wolves actually live in the state?
Yet it just authorized hunters and trappers to kill up to 300 of them.
Montana FWPâs original model estimates 1,094 wolves. Its updated model estimates just 725âa difference of 369 wolves. The updated model has not completed peer review, and the agency itself says it is not ready to replace the original.
Faced with that uncertainty, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission did not choose caution. It approved a killing limit 50 wolves higher than its own wildlife agency recommended. If the lower estimate is closer to reality, Montana has put more than 40% of the stateâs wolves in the crosshairs. A single person may kill as many as 20â10 by hunting and 10 by trapping.
This is not science-based wildlife management. It is a kill-first gamble with wolf familiesâand Montanaâs wolves will pay the price.
We will keep fighting for wolves. Join us at TeamWolf.org.