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Inside 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.
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 MoreFighting for Survival
January 14, 2025 // NEWS: Analysis
At a charged time for grizzly bears, MoJo takes you inside the complex U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to keep grizzlies on the endangered species list.
Read MoreFeds Look to Expand Montana’s Largest Coal Mine
January 14, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
The 19-million-ton expansion is estimated to extend Spring Creek Mine’s operational life by five years.
Read MoreThe Year of the Wolves
January 3, 2025 // FEATURE: History
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.
Read MoreFormer FWS Grizzly Coordinator Updates Own 30-Year-Old Recovery Plan, Prompting Petition
December 20, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Weeks
before the agency decides whether or not to delist grizzlies, 15 environmental
groups petition for a plan revision.