If Montana doesn’t loosen wolf hunting and trapping restrictions, the predators can’t be killed fast enough to put a significant dent in the state’s wolf population, according to some hunters and lawmakers.

The Outdoors Heritage Coalition, a Montana-based sportsmen’s group, and two legislators filed a lawsuit against the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

The plaintiffs claim that the commission failed to adequately follow up on laws passed in 2021, intended to greatly expand opportunities to hunt and trap wolves in Montana.

The lawsuit, filed in District Court in Sanders County, Montana, lists as the plaintiffs Rep. Paul Fielder, R-Thompson Falls, and Rep. Shannon Maness, R-Dillon, along with hunting outfitter Craig Neal, The Bozeman Daily Chr

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