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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 MoreFederal Judges Find New Power as Chevron Precedent Falls Away
January 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Supreme Court ruling drops deference to administrative agency experts. The implications for environmental cases are vast.
Read MoreForest Service Authorizes Controversial Crazy Mountain Land Swap
January 20, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
A handful of conservation easements and deed restrictions are incorporated in the Forest Service’s final iteration of the East Crazy Inspiration Divide Land Exchange.
Read MoreThe Daunting Challenges Facing Canada Lynx
January 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
As a warming climate grips North America, the lynx remains
threatened in the Lower 48. It could get worse.
The Year of the Wolves
January 3, 2025 // FEATURE: History
Thirty years ago this month, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Today, the people who made it happen remember the mayhem and magic of one of the 20th century’s most controversial acts of ecosystem management.
Read MoreBuffalo Bridge
December 23, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
In two new books, a Montana historian tracks how Native and White cultures blend and break away.
Read MoreTo Honor Bear 399, Limit Traffic and Development
December 12, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed
Unchecked growth and exploding driving rates are endangering Greater
Yellowstone’s wildlife. It’s time to take the crisis seriously.
FWP Launches Online Dashboard to Track Grizzly Bear Deaths
December 4, 2024 // NEWS: In Short
As delisting
decision looms, Montana increases transparency with mortality monitoring tool.
Montana Free Press and Mountain Journal Join Forces
November 18, 2024 // MoJo News
Editors emphasize power of collaboration to bolster reach, impact. MTFP's acquisition of MoJo amplifies public-interest journalism in Montana and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Read MoreThe Forgotten Woman Behind Yellowstone’s Predator Revolution
September 26, 2024 // FEATURE: History
Rosalie
Edge transformed public perceptions of predator policies in the Yellowstone
ecosystem—so why isn’t she more famous?
Read MoreOn ‘A River’
July 17, 2024 // Book Review
A new
biography dives into the life of author Norman Maclean, his writing and his
motivation behind the greatest fly-fishing story ever told.
BLM Public Lands Rule: Why is it Important in Greater Yellowstone?
June 6, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Despite 90 percent support from 200,000 public comments, new rule faces strong opposition from resource-extraction
advocates.
Wilderness: An Update on the Custer Gallatin
April 25, 2024 // OPINION: Op-ed
Considering
the changing climate and recent proposals, four heavy hitters weigh in on the future
of Wilderness, wildlife and the Custer Gallatin National Forest.
Banishing the Tukudika
March 10, 2024 // FEATURE: History
In 1879, Yellowstone
superintendent Philetus Norris made a fateful call that epitomized the park’s
relationship with Indigenous people—and thus with the world.
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