Forest Service Braces for Restructuring as Timber Orders Add to Workload

April 25, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

A Forest Service memo calls for a 25 percent increase in timber production by July 4

Feds look to consolidate regional offices while planning to roll out new strategies over the next two months,

As CWD Spreads, Elk Occupancy Agreements Give Wyoming Elk Room to Roam

April 23, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Sophie Tsairis

Wyoming has a century-old tradition of elk on feedgrounds. Chronic wasting disease cases are increasing.

Wildlife managers say winter range agreements may be one pathway to reducing deadly disease transmission among elk on feedgrounds.

Rejecting Despair in the Arms of Nature

April 22, 2025 // OPINION: Column

by Susan Marsh

A mountain chickadee celebrates spring in Greater Yellowstone

In an effort to rise above a vicious news cycle, incessant politics and threats to our wildlife and public lands, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh seeks solace in nature and good friends.

Wyoming Looks to Designate Famed Path of the Pronghorn

April 21, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Alex Hargrave

Pronghorn are North America's fastest land mammal and migrate hundreds of miles along Wyoming's Path of the Pronghorn

A Wyoming Game and Fish Commission vote in July could bring a long-deliberated migration corridor for imperiled pronghorn a step closer to designation as a state corridor.

Draft National Wildfire Plan Under White House Consideration Returns Firefighting ‘to the 1930s,’ Experts Say

April 18, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

by Robert Chaney

Looking back at the "10 a.m. rule," a 1930s wildfire policy to suppress all fires by 10 a.m. the morning after they are discovered

On the cusp of wildfire season, a new proposal recommends consolidating all federal firefighting resources, calls for immediate fire suppression.

How Wyoming Sought to Stave off Wolf Torture

April 15, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Claire Cella

Our Lady of The Forest: Alpha female of Yellowstone's Wapiti Lake Pack

Two bills in the 2025 Legislature were introduced in response to the torture and killing of a wolf in Daniel, Wyoming.

Future of Grizzly Bear Study Group in Dire Straits

April 14, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Robert Chaney

'Someone to watch over me': Grizzly 399 and Spirit look to the future

As Interior Secretary Doug Burgum touts successful dire wolf revival, IGBST fights for survival.

Considering Grizzlies, Judge Stalls Grazing Plan North of Yellowstone

April 11, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

by Sophie Tsairis

High ground in Paradise above grazelands

In a win for environmental coalition, wildlife agencies ordered to review livestock grazing impacts on grizzly bears.

Enviro Groups Petition DEQ to Limit Nutrient Pollution on Big Hole River

April 10, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Amanda Eggert

Petitioners say pollution-related algal blooms are threatening the Big Hole’s famed trout fishery.

Idaho DEQ Presses Pause on Proposed Stibnite Gold Mine

April 9, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

by Madison Dapcevich

A proposed gold mine would be located near the "Glory Hole" on the East Fork of the South Fork Salmon River in Idaho

Agency requires mining company to revise water quality plan related to a gold mine that would process 120 million tons of tailings over 15 years.

Whitebark Pine: An Education in Trees

April 8, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

by Claire Cella

Ecologist Nancy Bockino in her element: the Teton backcountry with whitebark pine

Mountain ski guides frequent the high alpine where whitebark pine grows. Two are using their time in the backcountry to educate others on the power and grace of this endangered tree.