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Locals 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 MoreWyoming Wildlife: Game and Fish Releases Revised Fencing Guide
May 21, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
Third edition of landowner handbook reflects updates in research and wildlife-friendly fencing options.
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 MoreThe Phantom of the Rockies
May 13, 2025 // FEATURE
Chasing wolverines on and off the endangered species list.
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 MorePeeling Back the Science of Grizzlies’ Favorite Food
April 30, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, grizzly bears need a calorie-dense diet. That can consist of more than 40,000 moths in a day.
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.
Read MoreAs CWD Spreads, Elk Occupancy Agreements Give Wyoming Elk Room to Roam
April 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Wildlife managers say winter range agreements may be one pathway to reducing deadly disease transmission among elk on feedgrounds.
Read MoreWyoming Looks to Designate Famed Path of the Pronghorn
April 21, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
A Wyoming Game and Fish Commission vote in July could bring a long-deliberated migration corridor for imperiled pronghorn a step closer to designation as a state corridor.
Read MoreDraft 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.
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