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Shooter Identified from July 4 Incident in Yellowstone
July 9, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Canyon Village in Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1720725132_400x300_true.jpg)
Following an FBI investigation, an individual who was firing a semi-automatic rifle at Canyon Village on July 4 has been identified as a Xanterra employee from Florida. The man was killed in gunfire exchange with park rangers.
Read MoreYellowstone Visitor Gets Jail Time for Trespassing on Park Thermal Feature
June 13, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin, is the world's tallest and potentially dangerous](/content/articles/ic_1718320190_400x300_true.jpg)
A Washington man was sentenced to a week in jail and fined $1,500 after walking off a park boardwalk toward Steamboat, the world’s tallest active geyser.
Victory in Defeat
June 7, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Since 2000, nearly 38,000 acres of Park County have been converted to housing. Residents on June 4 voted to limit development.](/content/articles/ic_1717791237_400x300_true.jpg)
Park
County residents voted down Referendum 1, opting to retain their growth policy amid an unprecedented development boom.
No Ref 1 Organizers get out Vote in Park County
May 17, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Organizers in Park County are ramping up for a June 4 vote on the growth policy](/content/articles/ic_1715977413_400x300_true.jpg)
With less than three weeks from a vote, county growth policy
proponents look to safeguard rural way of life.
Read MoreThe Greater Yellowstone Drought Continues
May 10, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley. December 9, 2023](/content/articles/ic_1715374185_400x300_true.jpg)
After recording a low-snow season in much of the GYE, weather experts predict a warm, dry summer, but ‘normal’ wildlife conditions.
Read MoreBears Emerge from Slumber in Greater Yellowstone
May 2, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![A grizzly bear near Roaring Mountain, Yellowstone National Park](/content/articles/ic_1714666601_400x300_true.jpg)
As bruins make spring entrance
in the GYE, federal
agencies announce the reintroduction of grizzlies in the North Cascades.
Yellowstone Tourism Leaving Massive Carbon Footprint
April 23, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Yellowstone National Park visitors emit more than a megaton of CO2 each year](/content/articles/ic_1713907764_400x300_true.jpg)
Striking new study quantifies Yellowstone tourism
emissions. TLDR: it’s a lot of CO2.
Paradise Planned
April 19, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Park County is looking to preserve its rural beauty and way of life](/content/articles/ic_1713551401_400x300_true.jpg)
An April 16 commission vote
clarified the process for updating Park County's growth policy.
Read MoreTo Feed or Not to Feed
April 17, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Wyoming plans to keep operating all of its 21 elk feedgrounds](/content/articles/ic_1713363651_400x300_true.jpg)
Wyoming decided to keep open its elk feedgrounds. Conservationists are questioning the decision citing concern over deadly chronic wasting disease.
A Monumental Moment
April 14, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![The proposed Madison-Gallatin National Wildlife Monument would comprise up to 1.6 million acres](/content/articles/ic_1713130507_400x300_true.jpg)
Advocates
see Madison-Gallatin National Wildlife Monument as path toward permanent
environmental protections for Greater Yellowstone.
Taking Account of Gallatin County
March 26, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![Gallatin County still has large tracks of open land. But for how long?](/content/articles/ic_1711483212_400x300_true.jpg)
Officials are seeking public input to inform
Future Land Use Map and Housing Strategy.
A Tale of Three Roads: Yellowstone Weighs Options for North Entrance
March 1, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![The North Entrance Road in Yellowstone sustained significant damage in June 2022 flooding](/content/articles/ic_1709334573_400x300_true.jpg)
Severe flooding in June 2022 wiped out Yellowstone
National Park’s North Entrance Road. The park built a temporary fix. Now
officials seek public input for a permanent solution.
Why are bighorn and domestic sheep hanging out? Here's why we should care.
February 14, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![The bacteria M. ovi causes mild symptoms in domestic sheep, but can be fatal to bighorns](/content/articles/ic_1707950874_400x300_true.jpg)
A respiratory illness common in domestic sheep can devastate wild bighorn sheep herds. In a quest to minimize transmission, a
pair of MSU researchers is leading a study to identify how wild and domestic
sheep interact.
How Irrigation Harms (or Helps) Streamflows in the West
February 9, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
![You can see all the wildlife Yellowstone offers when you visit the Yellowstone River delta](/content/articles/ic_1707521130_400x300_true.jpg)
A new study used 35
years of data to qualify the impacts of irrigation on river basins across the western
U.S. to better inform future management decisions. As it turns out, it’s
complicated.