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Public Opinion Boils Over as Feds Continue Slashing Jobs, Budgets
April 4, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Demonstrators attended more than 1,000 “Hands Off” protests across the nation and Greater Yellowstone.
Read More'Tools to Save Our Home Planet'
April 4, 2025 // Book Review
A new book from Patagonia offers time-tested guidance on grassroots environmental activism. Here’s how it could benefit rural communities.
Read MoreMontana Updates Wolf Management Playbook as Hunting Bills Advance
April 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Wildlife managers release first wolf management plan in 22 years, set minimum baseline population to 450.
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 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 MoreWolves Need Federal Protection to Survive
March 24, 2025 // OPINION: Op-ed
As wildlife proponents in January celebrated the 30th anniversary of wolf reintroductions to Yellowstone National Park, wolves remain under fire.
Read MoreHow Deep Does It Go? Future of Area Water Monitoring in Question
March 21, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
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.
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.
Federal Appeals Court Sides with Corner-Crossing Hunters in Wyoming Dispute
March 19, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
A three-judge panel upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of four hunters facing civil trespassing charges.
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 MoreCWD Suspected in Dead Elk at Wyoming Feedground
March 12, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
As cases of the always-fatal
disease increase, wildlife managers are grappling with complex management decisions.
The Cost of Eggs? How Bird Flu is Impacting Greater Yellowstone
March 11, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Since the avian influenza outbreak began in 2022, nearly 164,000 birds have been affected in Montana alone.
Read MoreTrump Administration Seeks to Unravel NEPA
March 7, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 kept all agencies following the same guidelines. An expedited rule change could dismantle that system by April 11.
Read MoreWhen I Need to say 'NO'
March 5, 2025 // OPINION: Column
When we pick our battles, sometimes we must stand up and call
a spade a spade.