Yellowstone Breaks Visitor Records Amid Historic Budget Cuts

June 20, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

Crowds train eyes and iPhones on Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park

Trump administration announces proposed 2026 budget cuts to NPS as Yellowstone sees busiest May on record.

If You Build it, Will They Come?

June 19, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

by Brigid Mander

Looking southeast from Grand Targhee's South Bowl

Grand Targhee Resort has requested more public land for a game-changing expansion. But critics say the impact to area wildlife and local Wyoming and Idaho communities would be drastic.

Federal Budgets Reveal Plans to Consolidate Wildland Firefighting Forces

June 11, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

Wildland firefighters look on as the Forest Service faces an uncertain future

The U.S. Forest Service would surrender wildfire duties to the Interior Department starting in 2026.

Locals Only? Tourism Forecasts Indicate Weak Demand For International Summer Travel

May 29, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

February-April traffic through the U.S.-Canada port of entry at Roosville is down 22 percent over the same time last year

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?

What’s Driving the Obsession for Antlers?

May 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Madison Dapcevich

Antlers come in all shapes and sizes and their growth and patterns are influenced by many factors

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.

Wyoming Wildlife: Game and Fish Releases Revised Fencing Guide

May 21, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

Countless miles of fencing across the West can cause barriers for wildlife migrations

Third edition of landowner handbook reflects updates in research and wildlife-friendly fencing options.

In Tragic Week for Grizzlies, Food-Conditioned Adult Euthanized in Yellowstone, Grand Teton Cubs Killed by Older Bear

May 20, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Katie O'Reilly

A grizzly paw print on a dumpster in Yellowstone National Park

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

by Robert Chaney

Canada lynx are among many species whose habitat could be harmed if FWS changes "harm" definition in the ESA

FWS proposes dropping ‘harm’ from Endangered Species Act regulations to speed up economic development on critical habitat.

The Phantom of the Rockies

May 13, 2025 // FEATURE

by Benjamin Alva Polley

Between human development, a warming climate and battles to remain on the endangered species list, the rare wolverine faces stiff challenges

Chasing wolverines on and off the endangered species list.

Putting the Heat on Charismatic Microfauna

May 12, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

The "armored" Yellowstone tiger beetle thrives in 120-degree thermal pools

A Yellowstone beetle’s secret for withstanding scalding thermal pools could revolutionize human insulation.

Planned Repeal of ‘Public Lands Rule’ Could Unleash Federal Resource Development

May 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Madison Dapcevich

The Bureau of Land Management oversees 245 million acres of public land across the country

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.