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Montana, Wyoming among states petitioning Supreme Court to block EPA’s new pollution standards
July 26, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![Montana's Colstrip Power Plant](/content/articles/ic_1722019114_400x300_true.jpg)
The rule has major implications for Colstrip, Montana's largest coal-fired power plant.
Read MoreUPDATE: Biscuit Basin Explosion Sent Debris Hundreds of Feet in Air, Deemed 'not Volcanic'
July 25, 2024
![Remains of the day following the July 23 hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone](/content/articles/ic_1721936170_400x300_true.jpg)
After a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone National Park's Biscuit Basin destroyed a park boardwalk and sent visitors scrambling, NPS and USGS geologists say the explosion "was not caused by volcanic activity."
Read MoreAre Toxic Agrichemicals Forcing Rapid Evolution in Yellowstone Elk?
June 14, 2024 // NEWS: Feature
![Pesticides and fertilizers may have caused deformities in Greater Yellowstone wildlife](/content/articles/ic_1718394850_400x300_true.jpg)
New
research suggests hazardous chemicals like pesticides and fertilizers used in
farming, more so than wolves, contributed to a decline in Greater Yellowstone elk
and other ruminants.
Yellowstone 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.
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 MoreIn Praise of Mud Season
May 3, 2024 // OPINION: Column
![As spring touches down like so many wet snowflakes, the perennial dicentra Steer's Head begins to bloom](/content/articles/ic_1714762464_400x300_true.jpg)
MoJo columnist Susan Marsh shrugs off the damp and cool of
spring in the Northern Rockies to get outside and rediscover enchantment in the
season.
Bears 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.
Vote No on Referendum 1 in Park County
April 24, 2024 // OPINION: Guest Letter
![The Yellowstone River from Joe Brown Trail in Park County](/content/articles/ic_1714000837_400x300_true.jpg)
Ahead of June 1 vote, one concerned resident voices opinion.
Read MoreParadise 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 MoreA 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.
Can a Groundwater Recharge Program Save Teton Valley's Farmers?
April 8, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
![The aquifer in Idaho's Teton Valley has been diminishing for years. One local group is hoping to change its trajectory.](/content/articles/ic_1712605516_400x300_true.jpg)
In Teton Valley,
Idaho, where water is as precious as its native trout, irrigators and
environmental groups have teamed up to recharge the area’s diminishing aquifer.
In the process, they want to do something novel: find someone to pay farmers for
the effort.
Am I Taking Crazy Pills?
March 30, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed
![The Crazy Mountains, part of a complex and controversial proposed land exchange](/content/articles/ic_1712008490_400x300_true.jpg)
Or does
the land swap in the Crazy Mountains really need more scrutiny?
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.