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A Case of Mistaken Identity? Some Hunters are Confusing Grizzlies with Black Bears
April 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Over the last decade, more than a dozen Greater Yellowstone grizzlies have been killed by hunters who say they mistook them for black bears.
Read MoreAs CWD Spreads, Elk Occupancy Agreements Give Wyoming Elk Room to Roam
April 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Wildlife managers say winter range agreements may be one pathway to reducing deadly disease transmission among elk on feedgrounds.
Read MoreWyoming Looks to Designate Famed Path of the Pronghorn
April 21, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

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.
Read MoreDraft 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 MoreConsidering Grizzlies, Judge Stalls Grazing Plan North of Yellowstone
April 11, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

In a win for environmental coalition, wildlife agencies ordered to review livestock grazing impacts on grizzly bears.
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 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 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 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 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.
Will 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.
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