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NEWS: Dispatch
Top Story: Montana, Wyoming among states petitioning Supreme Court to block EPA’s new pollution standards
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Montana's Colstrip Power Plant
The rule has major implications for Colstrip, Montana's largest coal-fired power plant.
Read MoreUPDATE: Biscuit Basin Explosion Sent Debris Hundreds of Feet in Air, Deemed 'not Volcanic'
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Remains of the day following the July 23 hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone
After a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin destroyed a park boardwalk and sent visitors scrambling, NPS and USGS geologists say the explosion "was not caused by volcanic activity."
Read MoreOPINION: Op-ed
Mountain Bikers Push to Ride Through Wilderness
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The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in Montana is one of 54 wilderness areas in the U.S. totaling 9.1 million acres
In June, Utah Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill to allow mountain bikes in Wilderness areas. In his op-ed, Kevin Proescholdt writes that weakening Wilderness protections is a slippery slope.
Read MoreOPINION: Column
Can We be Better ‘Masters of the Household?’
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In an age of selfie sticks and overcrowding, wildlife need their space
As
residents and visitors in Greater Yellowstone, Susan Marsh writes that we must
consider other species and give them the respect—and space—they deserve.
Book Review
On ‘A River’
![The professor. Norman Maclean was as at home in the classroom as he was on Montana waters.](/content/articles/ic_1721235908_960x385_true.jpg)
The professor. Norman Maclean was as at home in the classroom as he was on Montana waters.
A new
biography dives into the life of author Norman Maclean, his writing and his
motivation behind the greatest fly-fishing story ever told.
OPINION: Essay
Counting Cougars
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The elusive and magnificent "Ghost of the Rockies" in its element.
In this guest essay, photographer and Yellowstone guide MacNeil Lyons recounts the top 10 most thrilling mountain lion sightings he's experienced.
Read MoreNEWS: In Short
Shooter Identified from July 4 Incident in Yellowstone
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Canyon Village in Yellowstone National Park
Following an FBI investigation, an individual who was firing a semi-automatic rifle at Canyon Village on July 4 has been identified as a Xanterra employee from Florida. The man was killed in gunfire exchange with park rangers.
Read MoreOPINION: Essay
The Lost Lesson of Stewardship
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Visitors in Yellowstone National Park contemplate the setting sun on the shores of Yellowstone Lake
In the face of a warming climate and accelerating human impact
in Greater Yellowstone, former 16-year Montana State Representative Dorothy
Bradley writes that we have a responsibility, not just to our ancestors, but to
the wildlife being squeezed in the ecosystem.
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