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Labor Board Temporarily Reinstates Laid-off Forest Service Workers’ Employment

March 7, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

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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‘A Cascading Effect’: Forest Service, Park Service Workers who Lost Jobs Amid Mass Layoffs Explain Rippling Fallout

February 20, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

In a lawsuit seeking to halt federal employee firings, the NFFE union said layoffs will threaten 500,000 federal employees
Five nationwide unions representing federal employees have gone to court in an attempt to stop workforce reductions.
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The Fight For Wild Lands: Part 3

February 19, 2025 // MoJo Special Series

A packed Capitol rotunda in Helena, Montana, for the February 19 Rally for Public Lands
The U.S. Constitution gives citizens the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances.” As a blizzard of public lands change sweeps out of Washington, D.C., activists around Greater Yellowstone ponder tactics to help them keep what they hold dear.
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Forest Service Authorizes Controversial Crazy Mountain Land Swap

January 20, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

For nearly a century, the Crazy Mountains have been the site of heated access debates
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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Feds Look to Expand Montana’s Largest Coal Mine

January 14, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

The Spring Creek coal mine complex in Decker, Montana
The 19-million-ton expansion is estimated to extend Spring Creek Mine’s operational life by five years.
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The Year of the Wolves

January 3, 2025 // FEATURE: History

The 1995 reintroduction of gray wolves, in the words of those who were there
Thirty years ago this month, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Today, the people who made it happen remember the mayhem and magic of one of the 20th century’s most controversial acts of ecosystem management.
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Montana Sues Yellowstone National Park Over Bison Management Plan

December 31, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

The park's plan directs wildlife managers to aim for a herd of 3,500-6,000 animals
Department of Livestock and FWP join Gov. Gianforte in suing park over its plan to increase bison population and tolerance for bison presence outside park boundaries.
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Unpacking a ‘Uniquely Mysterious’ Development Proposal in Paradise Valley

December 10, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

The view from Suce Creek drainage in Paradise Valley
Park County residents grapple with a high-density resort proposal in an agricultural area south of Livingston.
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Feeling Through Fire, Part 3: Seeking Truth in an Emotional Blaze

October 10, 2024 // MoJo Special Series

Wildland firefighting, much like journalism, can be a waiting game. Until it's not.
Two journalists and their attempt to unearth the truth behind wildfire. Part 3 in our series exploring our emotional relationship to wildfire.
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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
The rule has major implications for Colstrip, Montana's largest coal-fired power plant.
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Wolverines: Barometers For Pondering Impacts Of The Anthropocene

March 12, 2023

Plight of wolverines a test of human willingness to give them protected space
Changes in habitat and rising human pressures leave many wondering how long just 300 or so wolverines can persist in the West
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Can Greater Yellowstone’s Wildlife Survive Industrial Strength Recreation?

March 6, 2019 // Outdoor Recreation, The New West, Wildlife

Photo courtesy NPS / Adams
A contrast between two different organizations—one devoted to tackling real issues shaping our region, the other running away from hard discussions about growing impacts of industrial-strength recreation
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