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Forest Service Braces for Restructuring as Timber Orders Add to Workload
April 25, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Feds look to consolidate regional offices while planning to roll out new strategies over the next two months.
Read MoreRejecting Despair in the Arms of Nature
April 22, 2025 // OPINION: Column
In an effort to rise above a vicious news cycle, incessant
politics and threats to our wildlife and public lands, MoJo columnist
Susan Marsh seeks solace in nature and good friends.
Draft National Wildfire Plan Under White House Consideration Returns Firefighting ‘to the 1930s,’ Experts Say
April 18, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
On the cusp of wildfire season, a new proposal recommends consolidating all federal firefighting resources, calls for immediate fire suppression.
Read MoreFederal NIH Cuts Hit Greater Yellowstone Disease Research
April 2, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Lab workers studying tick expansion lose staff, resources involved in Lyme, chronic wasting disease, coronavirus research and related threats.
Read MoreTrump Administration Bars NPS from Reporting Visitor Data
April 1, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
As national parks gear up for another busy tourist season, muted visitor data leaves experts ‘shocked.’
Read MoreInside 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 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 MoreSowing Uncertainty from DC Beltway to Yellowstone Gateways
March 13, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
How the
federal budget purge is impacting regional landscape conservation and
stewardship.
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 More‘A Cascading Effect’: Forest Service, Park Service Workers who Lost Jobs Amid Mass Layoffs Explain Rippling Fallout
February 20, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
Five nationwide unions representing federal employees have gone to court in an attempt to stop workforce reductions.
Read MoreThe Fight for Wild Lands: Part 2
February 18, 2025 // MoJo Special Series
Executive orders coming from the White House could transform a range of core issues affecting Greater Yellowstone. From Forest Service and BLM priorities to national park staffing cuts, public lands advocates must brace for a long season of conflict.
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