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Locals Only? Tourism Forecasts Indicate Weak Demand For International Travel
May 29, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
With summer tourism season around the corner, Canadian and Chinese visitors are among those concerned about U.S. border policies and visa rules. Will that affect visitation numbers in national parks like Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier?
Read MoreMontana Health Officials Monitoring Deer Ticks After 2024 Discovery
May 29, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
Ticks that can carry Lyme disease identified last year prompt surveillance effort from state health department, public encouraged to ID and report ticks.
Read MoreWhat’s Driving the Obsession for Antlers?
May 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
As interest and the market for antlers soars, elk, deer and moose ‘sheds’ are selling for $13 a pound, up nearly double over the past two decades.
Read MoreCritiquing the Emperor in Grizzly Country
May 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Biologist David Mattson remembered for career of iconoclastic science on predators.
Read MoreWyoming Wildlife: Game and Fish Releases Revised Fencing Guide
May 21, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
Third edition of landowner handbook reflects updates in research and wildlife-friendly fencing options.
Read MoreIn Tragic Week for Grizzlies, Food-Conditioned Adult Euthanized in Yellowstone, Grand Teton Cubs Killed by Older Bear
May 20, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The Yellowstone bear’s behavior, while
considered rare and exceptional, spells danger for grizzlies across the Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Montana's Nighttime Sky Hunters Under Watch
May 16, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
Nighthawks and poorwills are nocturnal birds whose populations are cratering. Now, citizen scientists are joining Montana Audubon and FWP to track the decline of these two aerial insectivores.
Read MoreESA's ‘Harm’: What’s In a Word?
May 15, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
FWS proposes dropping ‘harm’ from Endangered Species Act regulations to speed up economic development on critical habitat.
Read MoreThe Phantom of the Rockies
May 13, 2025 // FEATURE
Chasing wolverines on and off the endangered species list.
Read MorePutting the Heat on Charismatic Microfauna
May 12, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
A Yellowstone beetle’s secret for withstanding scalding thermal pools could revolutionize human insulation.
Read MoreThe Joy of Native Plant Gardening
May 9, 2025 // OPINION: Column
Planting native flora in your yard (as opposed to grass) offers more than a
water-saving landscape and haven for pollinators. It can also provide wonder
and peace.
Tragedy Strikes Again: Another of Grizzly 399's Descendants Lost to Vehicle Collision
May 7, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
Bear 1058, the five-year-old male from famous quadruplet litter, on Tuesday became the latest casualty on a Grand Teton roadway.
Read MorePlanned Repeal of ‘Public Lands Rule’ Could Unleash Federal Resource Development
May 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The Interior Department is exploring multiple ways to ‘restore American prosperity’ by capitalizing on timber, grazing, fossil fuels at the expense of conservation. It could also push billions of dollars of management costs onto state taxpayers.
Read MoreTrump Budget Proposal Portends Deep Cuts to Public Lands
May 5, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Recommendations include new consolidated wildfire service, more tasks in state hands, less science.
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