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Draft National Wildfire Plan Under White House Consideration Returns Firefighting ‘to the 1930s,’ Experts Say
April 18, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
On the cusp of wildfire season, a new proposal recommends consolidating all federal firefighting resources, calls for immediate fire suppression.
Read MoreHow Wyoming Sought to Stave off Wolf Torture
April 15, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Two bills in the 2025 Legislature were introduced in response to the torture and killing of a wolf in Daniel, Wyoming.
Read More'Tools to Save Our Home Planet'
April 4, 2025 // Book Review
A new book from Patagonia offers time-tested guidance on grassroots environmental activism. Here’s how it could benefit rural communities.
Read MoreMontana Updates Wolf Management Playbook as Hunting Bills Advance
April 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Wildlife managers release first wolf management plan in 22 years, set minimum baseline population to 450.
Read MoreYellowstone Gateway Town Fears for Future amid Trump Funding Cuts
April 1, 2025
Shutting down federal funding through the Park Service could cripple Gardiner, Montana.
Read MoreCrazy Talk
March 27, 2025 // Book
In her new book on Crazy Mountain property battles, journalist Amy Gamerman explores the contrasting values of cattle, renewable energy and wilderness altering an ancient landscape.
Read MoreWill Federal Freeze Stymie Wildland Fire Fights?
March 4, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Delays in hiring crews and funding hazardous fuels projects worry officials as the 2025 fire season approaches.
Read MoreRanchers Weigh Shorter Leases Against Permanent Easements
February 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Amid concerns over the long-term value of Montana's conservation leases, FWP program races toward 500,000-acre goal.
Grizzlies: Double Vision
February 25, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
With the Endangered Species Act comment period ending March 17, states and advocates are at odds over the future of grizzly bears.
Read MoreThe Fight for Wild Lands: Part 1
February 17, 2025 // MoJo Special Series
As organizers prepare for the biennial Rally for Public Lands, the conservation world faces down a changing climate, an administration determined to dismantle environmental protections, and its own internal contradictions.
Read MoreIn Response to 2024 Wolf Torture, Killing, Wyoming Seeks to Write New Chapter
February 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Two bills in the Wyoming Legislature seek to outlaw cruelty to predatory animals.
Read MoreGrizzly Bear ESA Status in Question as FWS Cancels Public Meetings
January 27, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pulls out of all four meetings intended to explain its decision to retain grizzlies’ threatened status.
Read MoreMyth-Busting and the Great Gray Wolf
January 26, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
As we look back on the 30 years since the wolf was reintroduced in Yellowstone, we examine what wolves are and what they aren’t.
Read MoreForest Service Authorizes Controversial Crazy Mountain Land Swap
January 20, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
A handful of conservation easements and deed restrictions are incorporated in the Forest Service’s final iteration of the East Crazy Inspiration Divide Land Exchange.
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