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Top Story: If the Forest Falls

Trump's March 1 executive order calls for "immediate expansion of timber production"
Timber industry analysts wonder if they can keep up with Trump logging orders.
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Proper Protection or Perverse Incentive? Orgs Challenge ESA Process

Centennial Valley, Montana, west of Yellowstone National Park
Two Montana nonprofits have filed suit against the Endangered Species Act’s ‘Blanket Rule.’
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Sowing Uncertainty from DC Beltway to Yellowstone Gateways

Workers install a fire ring at a campground for Friends of Bridger-Teton
How the
federal budget purge is impacting regional landscape conservation and
stewardship.
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CWD Suspected in Dead Elk at Wyoming Feedground

Elk feedgrounds are seeing increased cases of chronic wasting disease
As cases of the always-fatal
disease increase, wildlife managers are grappling with complex management decisions.
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The Cost of Eggs? How Bird Flu is Impacting Greater Yellowstone

Bird flu is impacting more than just poultry and the cost of eggs
Since the avian influenza outbreak began in 2022, nearly 164,000 birds have been affected in Montana alone.
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MSU Lyme Disease Research Squeaks Through NIH Funding Freeze

MSU's microbiology lab received a $2.8 million grant for Lyme disease research
Montana scientists join protests across the U.S. against White House interference.
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Trump Administration Seeks to Unravel NEPA

Trump delivered a joint address to Congress: "Drill, baby, drill."
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 kept all agencies following the same guidelines. An expedited rule change could dismantle that system by April 11.
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Labor Board Temporarily Reinstates Laid-off Forest Service Workers’ Employment

Hundreds of Forest Service and Park Service employees lost their jobs in a sweeping round of layoffs implemented at the behest of a Department of Government Efficiency
The order by the Merit Systems Protection Board gives USDA five days to comply with a stay on the workforce reduction.
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