Park
County residents voted down Referendum 1, opting to retain their growth policy amid an unprecedented development boom.
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Have Wolves Returned Yellowstone to its Natural State?
May 24, 2024 // NEWS: Feature
![Reintroduced into Yellowstone in 1995, wolves have had major impacts on Yellowstone National Park. Some scientists are wondering, to what extent?](/content/articles/ic_1716593686_400x300_true.jpg)
Wolves
have affected the ecosystem in the park, but new study says they may be just
one component of a trophic cascade.
No Ref 1 Organizers get out Vote in Park County
May 17, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Organizers in Park County are ramping up for a June 4 vote on the growth policy](/content/articles/ic_1715977413_400x300_true.jpg)
With less than three weeks from a vote, county growth policy
proponents look to safeguard rural way of life.
Read MoreParadise Planned
April 19, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Park County is looking to preserve its rural beauty and way of life](/content/articles/ic_1713551401_400x300_true.jpg)
An April 16 commission vote
clarified the process for updating Park County's growth policy.
Read MoreA Monumental Moment
April 14, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![The proposed Madison-Gallatin National Wildlife Monument would comprise up to 1.6 million acres](/content/articles/ic_1713130507_400x300_true.jpg)
Advocates
see Madison-Gallatin National Wildlife Monument as path toward permanent
environmental protections for Greater Yellowstone.
Am I Taking Crazy Pills?
March 30, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed
![The Crazy Mountains, part of a complex and controversial proposed land exchange](/content/articles/ic_1712008490_400x300_true.jpg)
Or does
the land swap in the Crazy Mountains really need more scrutiny?
Taking Account of Gallatin County
March 26, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Gallatin County still has large tracks of open land. But for how long?](/content/articles/ic_1711483212_400x300_true.jpg)
Officials are seeking public input to inform
Future Land Use Map and Housing Strategy.
Banishing the Tukudika
March 10, 2024 // FEATURE: History
![Today and yesterday: the Yellowstone Revealed project depicted the historic and current presence of Indigenous people in Greater Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1710093945_400x300_true.jpg)
In 1879, Yellowstone
superintendent Philetus Norris made a fateful call that epitomized the park’s
relationship with Indigenous people—and thus with the world.
Read MoreAs Park County Booms, Locals Look to Retain Way of Life
March 8, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Strength in numbers: Park County residents show support for county growth policy](/content/articles/ic_1709935769_400x300_true.jpg)
Group launches new campaign in support of retaining growth policy in the face of efforts to repeal.
Read MoreThe Gray Wolf and a Dogged Pursuit
March 4, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Last month, the Western Environmental Law Center filed an intent to sue after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declined to relist wolves as endangered](/content/articles/ic_1709596431_400x300_true.jpg)
A
coalition of Western environmentalists seeks renewed endangered species status
for western gray wolves.
How Irrigation Harms (or Helps) Streamflows in the West
February 9, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![You can see all the wildlife Yellowstone offers when you visit the Yellowstone River delta](/content/articles/ic_1707521130_400x300_true.jpg)
A new study used 35
years of data to qualify the impacts of irrigation on river basins across the western
U.S. to better inform future management decisions. As it turns out, it’s
complicated.
Call of the Mild
January 23, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Need snow? An unseasonably warm and dry winter thus far has left Greater Yellowstone thirsty](/content/articles/ic_1706048174_400x300_true.jpg)
With
regional snowpack at record lows and average temperatures well above normal,
how are local wildlife coping with the unusual winter?
Where the Rudder Meets the Road
December 22, 2023 // NEWS: Feature
![Our roads have disrupted wildlife migrations and ecosystems in ways we didn’t understand when we built them](/content/articles/ic_1703262976_400x300_true.jpg)
In his
new book, Crossings, author Ben Goldfarb charts a course through the
complicated intersection of roads and ecology.
Guardrails on Growth in Paradise
December 18, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The Absaroka range rises in the distance above Livingston, Montana](/content/articles/ic_1702924192_400x300_true.jpg)
As
land-use conflicts near a tipping point in Paradise Valley and surrounding locales, Park County Commissioners vote to
update the county's Growth Policy