With calf to cow ratios in some areas of Montana’s Bitterroot three times lower than what is considered sustainable levels, officials are still reluctant to say it’s the wolves. They admit that wolves are having an impact but refuse to say it is the main problem.
In the meantime, the elk herds suffer and continue to dwindle below dangerous levels while politics rules the day.
More on this problem can be read on the Missoulian and Ravalli Republic.
Tom Remington


