The U.S. Forest Service would surrender wildfire duties to the Interior Department starting in 2026.
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Federal Budgets Reveal Plans to Consolidate Wildland Firefighting Forces
June 11, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Inside the Science of Dousing Wildfires
June 10, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
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.
Read MoreBecoming Bear Aware in the West
June 4, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
As state and federal wildlife agencies debate grizzly bear management, nonprofit groups work to build bear tolerance one trash can at a time.
Read MoreLocals Only? Tourism Forecasts Indicate Weak Demand For International Summer Travel
May 29, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
With summer tourism season around the corner, Canadian and Chinese visitors are among those concerned about U.S. border policies and visa rules. Will that affect visitation numbers in national parks like Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier?
Read MoreWhat’s Driving the Obsession for Antlers?
May 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
As interest and the market for antlers soars, elk, deer and moose ‘sheds’ are selling for $13 a pound, up nearly double over the past two decades.
Read MoreCritiquing the Emperor in Grizzly Country
May 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Biologist David Mattson remembered for career of iconoclastic science on predators.
Read MoreIn Tragic Week for Grizzlies, Food-Conditioned Adult Euthanized in Yellowstone, Grand Teton Cubs Killed by Older Bear
May 20, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The Yellowstone bear’s behavior, while
considered rare and exceptional, spells danger for grizzlies across the Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem.
ESA's ‘Harm’: What’s In a Word?
May 15, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
FWS proposes dropping ‘harm’ from Endangered Species Act regulations to speed up economic development on critical habitat.
Read MorePutting the Heat on Charismatic Microfauna
May 12, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
A Yellowstone beetle’s secret for withstanding scalding thermal pools could revolutionize human insulation.
Read MorePlanned Repeal of ‘Public Lands Rule’ Could Unleash Federal Resource Development
May 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The Interior Department is exploring multiple ways to ‘restore American prosperity’ by capitalizing on timber, grazing, fossil fuels at the expense of conservation. It could also push billions of dollars of management costs onto state taxpayers.
Read MoreTrump Budget Proposal Portends Deep Cuts to Public Lands
May 5, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Recommendations include new consolidated wildfire service, more tasks in state hands, less science.
Read MoreA Case of Mistaken Identity? Some Hunters are Confusing Grizzlies with Black Bears
April 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Over the last decade, more than a dozen Greater Yellowstone grizzlies have been killed by hunters who say they mistook them for black bears.
Read MoreDEQ Denies Petition to Designate Big Hole River as Impaired
April 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Petitioners urge DEQ to ‘use all available science’ in considering a future impairment designation.
Read MoreForest Service Braces for Restructuring as Timber Orders Add to Workload
April 25, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Feds look to consolidate regional offices while planning to roll out new strategies over the next two months.
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