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Montana, Wyoming among states petitioning Supreme Court to block EPA’s new pollution standards
July 26, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Montana's Colstrip Power Plant](/content/articles/ic_1722019114_400x300_true.jpg)
The rule has major implications for Colstrip, Montana's largest coal-fired power plant.
Read MoreSave Bears, Drink Cider
June 25, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Attractants like human garbage, apple trees and birdseed can lure bears into towns in Greater Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1719345383_400x300_true.jpg)
Wyoming’s
only cidery is on a mission to reduce human-wildlife conflict in Greater
Yellowstone. They say harvesting neighborhood apples is the key.
BLM Public Lands Rule: Why is it Important in Greater Yellowstone?
June 6, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The Bureau of Land Management oversees some 245 million acres of public lands in the U.S.](/content/articles/ic_1717695883_400x300_true.jpg)
Despite 90 percent support from 200,000 public comments, new rule faces strong opposition from resource-extraction
advocates.
The Short and Imperiled Life of Bees
May 21, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Once common in North America, the western bumble bee has seen a 57 percent decline, and is being considered for protection as an endangered species](/content/articles/ic_1716325788_400x300_true.jpg)
Critical to healthy
ecosystems, pollinators including bees and butterflies face numerous threats in Greater Yellowstone and
beyond.
Can a Groundwater Recharge Program Save Teton Valley's Farmers?
April 8, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The aquifer in Idaho's Teton Valley has been diminishing for years. One local group is hoping to change its trajectory.](/content/articles/ic_1712605516_400x300_true.jpg)
In Teton Valley,
Idaho, where water is as precious as its native trout, irrigators and
environmental groups have teamed up to recharge the area’s diminishing aquifer.
In the process, they want to do something novel: find someone to pay farmers for
the effort.
If Grizzlies Delisted, Here's What Montana Plans to do
April 3, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Montana FWP says not much will change in terms of grizzly bear management. Not everyone agrees.](/content/articles/ic_1712178949_400x300_true.jpg)
Is the Treasure State’s proposed Grizzly Bear Management Plan really a grizzly hunting plan?
Read MoreWolves: Taking Aim from the Air
March 28, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Aerial wolf gunning is a practice used to manage wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Conservation groups are pushing back.](/content/articles/ic_1711662198_400x300_true.jpg)
Conservation orgs are battling the aerial shooting of
wolves, coyotes and foxes on Idaho public lands. Now they’ve submitted a
petition to the U.S. Forest Service to ban the practice. Will the feds listen?
Read MoreWyoming Legislative Session Brings Conservation ‘Wins and Losses’
March 21, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The 640-acre Kelly Parcel was slated for public auction before the action was postponed in December amid public outcry](/content/articles/ic_1711044039_400x300_true.jpg)
Conservation
organizations celebrated an amendment to the state budget authorizing land managers to sell the Kelly Parcel to the National Park Service for $100
million. Some bills are more worrisome.
As Park County Booms, Locals Look to Retain Way of Life
March 8, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Strength in numbers: Park County residents show support for county growth policy](/content/articles/ic_1709935769_400x300_true.jpg)
Group launches new campaign in support of retaining growth policy in the face of efforts to repeal.
Read MoreThe Complex and Confounding Task of Wrangling America’s Wild Horses
March 7, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Summer thunder: the McCullough Peaks herd on the move](/content/articles/ic_1709844360_400x300_true.jpg)
As
management agencies wrangle with wild horse management, advocates, nonprofits
and the general public are pushing back.
The Gray Wolf and a Dogged Pursuit
March 4, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Last month, the Western Environmental Law Center filed an intent to sue after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined to relist wolves as endangered](/content/articles/ic_1709596431_400x300_true.jpg)
A
coalition of Western environmentalists seeks renewed endangered species status
for western gray wolves.
As Wildfire Season Looms, Firefighters Battle Low Pay and Low Snow
February 20, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Wildland firefighters on their commute to the office](/content/articles/ic_1708458617_400x300_true.jpg)
The
Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act could permanently raise federal
firefighter salaries. But even if Congress can pass it, the proposed
legislation still isn’t a perfect fix.
Premiere of the Queen
February 15, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![As a 25-year-old mother in 2020, Grizzly 399 emerged from hibernation with four cubs](/content/articles/ic_1708039782_400x300_true.jpg)
Grizzly 399 is
the most famous bear in the world. The new film, 399: Queen of the Tetons,
makes its world premiere at Missoula’s Documentary Film Festival on Feb. 16
Montana Files Intent to Sue Over Listing Wolverines Under ESA
January 29, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Wolverines were listed as "threatened" last November. Now, Montana plans to sue.](/content/articles/ic_1706571742_400x300_true.jpg)
The 15-page letter of intent to sue US Fish
and Wildlife Service comes on heels of November 2023 decision to list wolverines
as ‘threatened.’