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Trump Administration Seeks to Unravel NEPA

March 7, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Trump delivered a joint address to Congress: "Drill, baby, drill."
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.
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Labor Board Temporarily Reinstates Laid-off Forest Service Workers’ Employment

March 7, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Hundreds of Forest Service and Park Service employees lost their jobs in a sweeping round of layoffs implemented at the behest of a Department of Government Efficiency
The order by the Merit Systems Protection Board gives USDA five days to comply with a stay on the workforce reduction.
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Will Federal Freeze Stymie Wildland Fire Fights?

March 4, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Firefighters hold the line at the September 2018 Roosevelt Fire near Bondurant, Wyoming
Delays in hiring crews and funding hazardous fuels projects worry officials as the 2025 fire season approaches.
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Update: CWD Spreads to Wyoming Feedground

February 17, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Elk queue to make their way across the flats at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Increase in chronic wasting disease numbers among elk at Dell Creek Feedground marks new territory for always-fatal disease.
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In Response to 2024 Wolf Torture, Killing, Wyoming Seeks to Write New Chapter

February 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

In Wyoming, House bills 275 and 331 are aimed at reducing animal cruelty in the state
Two bills in the Wyoming Legislature seek to outlaw cruelty to predatory animals.
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CWD Cases Increasing as Feedgrounds Remain in Hotseat

January 30, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

CWD affects cervids and is always deadly
Wyoming Game and Fish report fifth chronic wasting disease case near where federal agencies feed elk, first confirmed case at Wyoming elk feedground.
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Environmental Groups Challenge Federal Logging Project in Western Montana

December 10, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

BLM's logging project will focus on nearly 17,000 acres in the Garnet Mountains
Clark Fork Face Project in Montana’s Garnet Range prompts lawsuit against BLM over wildlife habitat concerns.
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Montana Preps for Potential Grizzly Bear Delisting

September 30, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

The future of grizzlies hangs in the balance as FWS weighs delisting
State Fish, Wildlife and Parks has released its final EIS proposing a statewide grizzly management plan.
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The Forgotten Woman Behind Yellowstone’s Predator Revolution

September 26, 2024 // FEATURE: History

Rosalie Barrow Edge, "Hawk of Mercy"
Rosalie Edge transformed public perceptions of predator policies in the Yellowstone ecosystem—so why isn’t she more famous?

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Wilderness Proposal in Gallatin, Madison Ranges Sparks Debate

August 19, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Hyalite Peak in the Gallatin Range
A new bill hopes to establish 124,000 acres of Wilderness in the Gallatin and Madison ranges adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. Is it enough to protect wildlife?
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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
The rule has major implications for Colstrip, Montana's largest coal-fired power plant.
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UPDATE: 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
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."
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Are Toxic Agrichemicals Forcing Rapid Evolution in Yellowstone Elk?

June 14, 2024 // NEWS: Feature

Pesticides and fertilizers may have caused deformities in Greater Yellowstone wildlife
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.
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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
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.

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