MISSOULA, Mont. – A 71-year-old Texas man was sentenced to 5 years of probation and $77,500 in fines after he pleaded guilty to trafficking bald and golden eagles from the Flathead Indian Reservation.

Several years ago, seasonal Lake Placid resident Hans LaVerge decided he wanted to go eagle hunting in Mongolia, not hunting for eagles, but with them – a sport practiced throughout the Eurasian ...