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A 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 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 MoreRejecting Despair in the Arms of Nature
April 22, 2025 // OPINION: Column

In an effort to rise above a vicious news cycle, incessant
politics and threats to our wildlife and public lands, MoJo columnist
Susan Marsh seeks solace in nature and good friends.
Future of Grizzly Bear Study Group in Dire Straits
April 14, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

As Interior Secretary Doug Burgum touts successful dire wolf revival, IGBST fights for survival.
Read MoreFederal NIH Cuts Hit Greater Yellowstone Disease Research
April 2, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Lab workers studying tick expansion lose staff, resources involved in Lyme, chronic wasting disease, coronavirus research and related threats.
Read MoreInside the Battle Over the ESA
March 31, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, has it been a winning or losing proposition? It depends on who you ask.
Read MoreUSFWS Extends Comment Period for Grizzly Management Plan
March 28, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

This latest change follows feds rejecting state petitions to manage local grizzly populations and extends the public comment period to May 16.
Read MoreSeasons of Resurrection
March 19, 2025 // OPINION: Column

As Easter nears and the vernal equinox is
upon us, the concept of resurrection lives in the rebirth of nature and its
beings.
If the Forest Falls
March 17, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Timber industry analysts wonder if they can keep up with Trump logging orders.
Read MoreProper Protection or Perverse Incentive? Orgs Challenge ESA Process
March 14, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Two Montana nonprofits have filed suit against the Endangered Species Act’s ‘Blanket Rule.’
Read MoreCWD Suspected in Dead Elk at Wyoming Feedground
March 12, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

As cases of the always-fatal
disease increase, wildlife managers are grappling with complex management decisions.
MSU Lyme Disease Research Squeaks Through NIH Funding Freeze
March 11, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Montana scientists join protests across the U.S. against White House interference.
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 MoreTrump’s Tariff Tussle Tangles Montana
February 7, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Fast-moving announcements of U.S. trade wars against Canada, Mexico and China leave state stakeholders bracing for market turmoil.
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