If You Build it, Will They Come?

June 19, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

by Brigid Mander

Looking southeast from Grand Targhee's South Bowl

Grand Targhee Resort has requested more public land for a game-changing expansion. But critics say the impact to area wildlife and local Wyoming and Idaho communities would be drastic.

Wyoming Eyes Higher Predator Quotas

June 5, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

In Wyoming, mountain lions and wolves are in the crosshairs

State wildlife officials propose expanded hunting limits on wolves and mountain lions, invite public comment.

Becoming Bear Aware in the West

June 4, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

Across Greater Yellowstone and the West, bear managers are working to educate locals and visitors on the dangers of bears depending on human food

As state and federal wildlife agencies debate grizzly bear management, nonprofit groups work to build bear tolerance one trash can at a time.

What’s Driving the Obsession for Antlers?

May 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Madison Dapcevich

Antlers come in all shapes and sizes and their growth and patterns are influenced by many factors

As interest and the market for antlers soars, elk, deer and moose ‘sheds’ are selling for $13 a pound, up nearly double over the past two decades.

The Joy of Native Plant Gardening

May 9, 2025 // OPINION: Column

by Susan Marsh

Native plants in the garden bring beauty and comfort

Planting native flora in your yard (as opposed to grass) offers more than a water-saving landscape and haven for pollinators. It can also provide wonder and peace.

Tragedy Strikes Again: Another of Grizzly 399's Descendants Lost to Vehicle Collision

May 7, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

Royalty: Grizzly 399, Queen of the Tetons, with her four cubs in September 2020. Among them Grizzly 1058

Bear 1058, the five-year-old male from famous quadruplet litter, on Tuesday became the latest casualty on a Grand Teton roadway.

As CWD Spreads, Elk Occupancy Agreements Give Wyoming Elk Room to Roam

April 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Sophie Tsairis

Wyoming has a century-old tradition sustaining of elk on feedgrounds. Meanwhile, chronic wasting disease cases are increasing.

Wildlife managers say winter range agreements may be one pathway to reducing deadly disease transmission among elk on feedgrounds.

Wyoming Looks to Designate Famed Path of the Pronghorn

April 21, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Alex Hargrave

Pronghorn are North America's fastest land mammal and migrate hundreds of miles along Wyoming's Path of the Pronghorn

A Wyoming Game and Fish Commission vote in July could bring a long-deliberated migration corridor for imperiled pronghorn a step closer to designation as a state corridor.

Whitebark Pine: An Education in Trees

April 8, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

by Claire Cella

Ecologist Nancy Bockino in her element: the Teton backcountry with whitebark pine

Mountain ski guides frequent the high alpine where whitebark pine grows. Two are using their time in the backcountry to educate others on the power and grace of this endangered tree.

Public Opinion Boils Over as Feds Continue Slashing Jobs, Budgets

April 4, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

Protesters rally at MSU in Bozeman, Montana last month

Demonstrators attended more than 1,000 “Hands Off” protests across the nation and Greater Yellowstone.

'Tools to Save Our Home Planet'

April 4, 2025 // Book Review

by Katie Hill

A new book from Patagonia offers time-tested guidance on grassroots environmental activism. Here’s how it could benefit rural communities.

How Deep Does It Go? Future of Area Water Monitoring in Question

March 21, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

The future of Greater Yellowstone water monitoring USGS performs may be in jeopardy

With USGS offices in Greater Yellowstone among dozens of regional government buildings on the chopping block, DOGE savings efforts leave anglers wondering if streamflow monitors will survive.