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Top Story: Yellowstone Breaks Visitor Records Amid Historic Budget Cuts
Crowds train eyes and iPhones on Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park
Trump administration announces proposed 2026 budget cuts to NPS as Yellowstone sees busiest May on record.
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If You Build it, Will They Come?
Looking southeast from Grand Targhee's South Bowl
Grand Targhee Resort has requested more public land for a game-changing expansion. But critics say the impact to area wildlife and local Wyoming and Idaho communities would be drastic.
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NEWS: In Short
BLM to cut Wyoming’s Wild Horse Population by Half
Wyoming's wild horses remain a contentious management issue
Despite mixed public opinion and legal challenges, the agency will clear free-roaming horses from key Wyoming herds starting this summer.
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A Three-Frog Summer
A spotted frog comes up for observation
In her latest MoJo
column, Susan Marsh peers into the future by witnessing the present and
recalling the magic of the past.
NEWS: Dispatch
Federal Budgets Reveal Plans to Consolidate Wildland Firefighting Forces
Wildland firefighters look on as the Forest Service faces an uncertain future
The U.S. Forest Service would surrender wildfire duties to the Interior Department starting in 2026.
NEWS: Dispatch
Inside the Science of Dousing Wildfires
A Neptune Aviation BAe-146 jet drops fire retardant
In the world of aerial firefighting, one MSU professor is looking at how science can transform the multimillion dollar industry of wildfire retardant. And save lives in the process.
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Wyoming Eyes Higher Predator Quotas
In Wyoming, mountain lions and wolves are in the crosshairs
State wildlife officials propose expanded hunting limits on wolves and mountain lions, invite public comment.
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Becoming Bear Aware in the West
Across Greater Yellowstone and the West, bear managers are working to educate locals and visitors on the dangers of bears depending on human food
As state and federal wildlife agencies debate grizzly bear management, nonprofit groups work to build bear tolerance one trash can at a time.
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