‘A Cascading Effect’: Forest Service, Park Service Workers who Lost Jobs Amid Mass Layoffs Explain Rippling Fallout

February 20, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

by Joseph T. O'Connor and Amanda Eggert

In a lawsuit seeking to halt federal employee firings, the NFFE union said layoffs will threaten 500,000 federal employees

Five nationwide unions representing federal employees have gone to court in an attempt to stop workforce reductions.

Update: CWD Spreads to Wyoming Feedground

February 17, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Sophie Tsairis

Elk queue to make their way across the flats at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Increase in chronic wasting disease numbers among elk at Dell Creek Feedground marks new territory for always-fatal disease.

Bill Would Redraw Lines Between Wyoming Trappers, Trail Users

February 13, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

Traps and snares near roads and trails can be dangerous to wildlife as well as domesticated pets

Lawmakers push to give wildlife officials authority to end unrestricted trapping access on public lands.

DEQ Reports Nitrates in Wyoming Community Linked to Septic Systems

February 10, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

After years of nitrate contamination in Hoback Junction, its residents are still grappling with access to clean drinking water.

In Response to 2024 Wolf Torture, Killing, Wyoming Seeks to Write New Chapter

February 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Claire Cella

In Wyoming, House bills 275 and 331 are aimed at reducing animal cruelty in the state

Two bills in the Wyoming Legislature seek to outlaw cruelty to predatory animals.

CWD Cases Increasing as Feedgrounds Remain in Hotseat

January 30, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

CWD affects cervids and is always deadly

Wyoming Game and Fish report fifth chronic wasting disease case near where federal agencies feed elk, first confirmed case at Wyoming elk feedground.

Jackson Tourism Board Reports on Ski Town's Sustainable Future

January 21, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

Crowds at Jackson's Wold Championship Snowmobile Hillclimb

With nearly 3 million annual visitors to Jackson Hole, community gathers to review progress of five-year tourism management plan.

Study Models Impact of Elk Feeding on CWD and Herd Health

January 16, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

Elk herd at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming

Researchers analyze alternative management plans for Jackson Elk Herd and bison as FWS update nears.

Legendary Yellowstone Wolf Dies After Fight with Rival Pack

January 13, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Sophie Tsairis

Wolf 907F, Queen of the Yellowstone wolves

Wildlife enthusiasts mourn the loss of iconic Yellowstone matriarch, Wolf 907F.

Feds Buy Kelly Parcel, Conserving Last of Unprotected Land in GTNP

January 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Sophie Tsairis

Elk herd on the Kelly Parcel, gateway to the Path of the Pronghorn

‘Decades-in-the-making’ $100 million purchase adds 640 acres to Grand Teton National Park, while protecting a key Greater Yellowstone wildlife migration corridor.

The Year of the Wolves

January 3, 2025 // FEATURE: History

by Amanda Eggert and Mike Koshmrl

The 1995 reintroduction of gray wolves, in the words of those who were there

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.