Judge keeps wolf season going outside Yellowstone

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge issued an injunction Friday allowing wolf trapping and hunting to continue outside Yellowstone National Park, as lawmakers in Helena advanced a measure to loosen restrictions on killing wolves statewide.

Combined, the two actions pave the way for a further ratcheting up of Montana’s efforts to curb gray wolf numbers less than two years after they came off the endangered species list.