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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 MoreEnviro Groups Petition DEQ to Limit Nutrient Pollution on Big Hole River
April 10, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Petitioners say pollution-related algal blooms are threatening the Big Hole’s famed trout fishery.
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 MoreYellowstone Gateway Town Fears for Future amid Trump Funding Cuts
April 1, 2025
Shutting down federal funding through the Park Service could cripple Gardiner, Montana.
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 MoreUSFWS Extends Comment Period for Grizzly Management Plan
March 28, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
This latest change follows feds rejecting state petitions to manage local grizzly populations and extends the public comment period to May 16.
Read MoreCrazy Talk
March 27, 2025 // Book
In her new book on Crazy Mountain property battles, journalist Amy Gamerman explores the contrasting values of cattle, renewable energy and wilderness altering an ancient landscape.
Read MoreFederal 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 MoreMSU 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 MoreLabor Board Temporarily Reinstates Laid-off Forest Service Workers’ Employment
March 7, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The order by the Merit Systems Protection Board gives USDA five days to comply with a stay on the workforce reduction.
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 MoreUpdate: CWD Spreads to Wyoming Feedground
February 17, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Increase
in chronic wasting disease numbers among elk at Dell Creek Feedground marks new
territory for always-fatal disease.
Myth-Busting and the Great Gray Wolf
January 26, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
As we look back on the 30 years since the wolf was reintroduced in Yellowstone, we examine what wolves are and what they aren’t.
Read MoreWhy ‘Yellowstone’ Became a Dirty Word to so Many Montanans
January 21, 2025 // OPINION: Essay
No one ever claimed the hit cowboy soap opera was aiming for realism. But for Montana locals, the show’s many day-to-day inaccuracies are hard to swallow.
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