Kris Millgate

Idaho, Idaho Falls

Multimedia Journalist at Freelance

From tracking grizzlies to tackling deer, journalist Kris Millgate covers the outdoors while also operating the production company Tight Line Media.

Articles

Rocky Mountain National Park Has Too Many Moose

2 months ago | outdoorlife.com | Kris Millgate

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Rocky Mountain National Park Has Too Many Moose

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Kris Millgate

Many states across the country have declining moose populations, particularly in the East. New Hampshire is down 40 percent since 2014, Vermont is down 50 percent since 2005, and Minnesota’s population has fallen 58 percent between 2006 and 2017. (Wildlife managers have blamed heat, ticks, and brainworms, among other factors.) But out West, Colorado is bucking this trend.
Idaho Now Requiring Nonresident Shed Hunters to Buy a License. Montana, Other Western States Eyeing Similar Changes

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Kris Millgate

Big game animals are dropping their antlers across the West. Moose and whitetails have been shedding since January, followed by mule deer in February and elk through March. Shed hunters in the region are already eager to start collecting this spring, but with the growing popularity of shed hunting, wildlife managers in many western states are implementing new rules around it.
Idaho Now Requiring Nonresident Shed Hunters to Buy a License. Montana, Other Western States Eyeing Similar Changes

2 months ago | outdoorlife.com | Kris Millgate

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Duck Poachers Caught with 3X Legal Limit Said 'This Was More Ducks Than They'd Seen All Season'

2 months ago | outdoorlife.com | Kris Millgate

Share Texas game wardens busted four men from Louisiana last week who had three times the legal limit of ducks in their possession.
New Bill Would Let Landowners Sell Their Big-Game Tags for a Profit in Wyoming

2 months ago | outdoorlife.com | Kris Millgate

Share In Wyoming, landowners receive big-game hunting tags to help maintain wildlife habitat and wildlife managment goals on their property.
Neighbors to the Rescue Shoot and Kill Mountain Lion with a Dog In Its Mouth

Jan 20, 2025 | outdoorlife.com | Kris Millgate

Share A mountain lion was shot and killed in Downieville, California, last week by two residents who came to their neighbor’s aid.
Kris Millgate Archives

Jan 20, 2025 | outdoorlife.com | Kris Millgate

Neighbors to the Rescue Shoot and Kill Mountain Lion with a Dog In Its MouthNeighbors to the Rescue Shoot and Kill Mountain Lion with a Dog In Its Mouth
The Other Tannenbaum: Cutting an Alternative Christmas Tree

Dec 15, 2024 | blog.nature.org | Kris Millgate

The snow arrives early and stacks deep. By the time we trek into the backcountry to cut our Christmas tree over Thanksgiving weekend, we know we won’t make it to the high elevation of traditional holiday evergreens. There’s just too much powder so I look around the lower lands where we had to park our truck before it was buried and propose an alternative for our family. “Let’s cut a juniper!” I say enthusiastically.
Goblin Shark & Ghost-faced Bat: Cool Critters with Creepy Names

Oct 27, 2024 | blog.nature.org | Kris Millgate |Justine E Hausheer |Natalie van Hoose

When I woke up this morning, I thought I’d been moved in my sleep from eastern Idaho to the Oregon coast. That’s how foggy it was at sunrise. I live in the West’s dry and high desert. Fog is a myth in these arid parts, but here it was swirling through my neighborhood like a misty graveyard scene. The trick of an overnight rainstorm dumping heavy moisture amid mild, fall temperatures created tricks. Fog being the obvious one, but I found other surprises around my house too.