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BILLINGS (AP) — The fierce but elusive wolverine got a last-minute reprieve Friday from a trapping season due to start this weekend in Montana, after a state judge issued a restraining order sought by conservationists who say climate change threatens the predators' long-term survival. District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock said the potential for trapping to damage the species' population outweighed the loss of any recreational harvest opportunities. Montana is the only state in the Lower 48 that allows wolverine trapping. Up to f...
BILLINGS — The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a petition filed by attorneys seeking new regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Siding with Attorney General Steve Bullock, justices wrote in Wednesday's order that the case raised too many questions about Montana's contribution to a global problem for a ruling on purely legal questions as sought by the plaintiffs. "The court is ill-equipped to resolve the factual assertions presented by the petitioners," justices wrote. Justices also rejected the plaintiffs' c...
