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Grizzly 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.
The Halloween Forest
October 31, 2024 // OPINION: Essay

As the seasons change, life and death can blur illuminating
the magic of nature in the pale moonlight of Halloween in Greater Yellowstone.
Yellowstone Officials Call for Near-Record Bison Removal
October 25, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

A new bison status report proposes a winter herd reduction of more than 1,000 bison from Yellowstone National Park.
Montana Preps for Potential Grizzly Bear Delisting
September 30, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

State Fish, Wildlife and Parks has released its final EIS proposing a statewide grizzly management plan.
Read MoreFeeling Through Fire, Part 2: 'Melancholic Beauty'
September 18, 2024 // MoJo Special Series

In Part 2 of our series, a Brooklyn painter and
Montana’s Poet Laureate grapple with their crafts and the power of wildland
fire.
The Greater Yellowstone Drought Continues
May 10, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

After recording a low-snow season in much of the GYE, weather experts predict a warm, dry summer, but ‘normal’ wildlife conditions.
Read MoreIf Grizzlies Delisted, Here's What Montana Plans to do
April 3, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Is the Treasure State’s proposed Grizzly Bear Management Plan really a grizzly hunting plan?
Read MoreHearing the ‘Hush of the Land’
March 5, 2024 // MoJo Interview

Smoke
Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi discuss their new book, Hush of the Land,
chronicling decades of mule-packing trips in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.
Premiere of the Queen
February 15, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Grizzly 399 is
the most famous bear in the world. The new film, 399: Queen of the Tetons,
makes its world premiere at Missoula’s Documentary Film Festival on Feb. 16
Forests of Immortal Stories
January 31, 2024 // OPINION: Essay

In her latest essay, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh writes how ancient trees draw human love in Greater Yellowstone and across the globe.
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