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Top Story: The Fight For Wild Lands: Part 3
A packed Capitol rotunda in Helena, Montana, for the February 19 Rally for Public Lands
The U.S. Constitution gives citizens the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances.” As a blizzard of public lands change sweeps out of Washington, D.C., activists around Greater Yellowstone ponder tactics to help them keep what they hold dear.
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The Fight for Wild Lands: Part 2
The federal government employs as many as 10,000 wildland firefighters each year. With hiring freezes in place nationwide, fire season is in limbo
Executive orders coming from the White House could transform a range of core issues affecting Greater Yellowstone. From Forest Service and BLM priorities to national park staffing cuts, public lands advocates must brace for a long season of conflict.
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The Fight for Wild Lands: Part 1
Axolotl Lakes southwest of Ennis, Montana, in the foothills of the Gravelly Range
As organizers prepare for the biennial Rally for Public Lands, the conservation world faces down a changing climate, an administration determined to dismantle environmental protections, and its own internal contradictions.
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Update: CWD Spreads to Wyoming Feedground
Elk queue to make their way across the flats at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Increase
in chronic wasting disease numbers among elk at Dell Creek Feedground marks new
territory for always-fatal disease.
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Bill Would Redraw Lines Between Wyoming Trappers, Trail Users
Traps and snares near roads and trails can be dangerous to wildlife as well as domesticated pets
Lawmakers
push to give wildlife officials authority to end unrestricted trapping access on public lands.
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Predator Management: What Africa can Teach Greater Yellowstone
Ecologist Scott Creel suggests Yellowstone could learn from Africa's wildlife-management practices
MSU ecologist’s new research papers examine large carnivore populations in Zambia’s national parks and explore the best ways to manage wildlife.
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DEQ Reports Nitrates in Wyoming Community Linked to Septic Systems
Hoback Junction from the air
After years of nitrate
contamination in Hoback Junction, its residents are still grappling with access
to clean drinking water.
NEWS: Dispatch
Trump’s Tariff Tussle Tangles Montana
Montana-made whiskey isn't the only commodity affected by trade with Canada
Fast-moving announcements of U.S. trade wars against Canada, Mexico and China leave state stakeholders bracing for market turmoil.
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