All Stories
The Fight for Wild Lands: Part 2
February 18, 2025 // MoJo Special Series
Executive orders coming from the White House could transform a range of core issues affecting Greater Yellowstone. From Forest Service and BLM priorities to national park staffing cuts, public lands advocates must brace for a long season of conflict.
Read MoreThe Fight for Wild Lands: Part 1
February 17, 2025 // MoJo Special Series
As organizers prepare for the biennial Rally for Public Lands, the conservation world faces down a changing climate, an administration determined to dismantle environmental protections, and its own internal contradictions.
Read MoreUpdate: CWD Spreads to Wyoming Feedground
February 17, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Increase
in chronic wasting disease numbers among elk at Dell Creek Feedground marks new
territory for always-fatal disease.
Predator Management: What Africa can Teach Greater Yellowstone
February 11, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
MSU ecologist’s new research papers examine large carnivore populations in Zambia’s national parks and explore the best ways to manage wildlife.
Read MoreCWD Cases Increasing as Feedgrounds Remain in Hotseat
January 30, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
Wyoming
Game and Fish report fifth chronic wasting disease case near where federal agencies feed elk,
first confirmed case at Wyoming elk feedground.
Fencing Fund Aims to Support Paradise Valley Ranchers, Wildlife
January 29, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
PERC launches
privately funded pilot project to address fencing issues, rancher needs and wildlife connectivity.
Grizzly Bear ESA Status in Question as FWS Cancels Public Meetings
January 27, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pulls out of all four meetings intended to explain its decision to retain grizzlies’ threatened status.
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 MoreFeeling Through Fire, Part 4: When the Fire Comes
January 15, 2025 // MoJo Special Series
In the conclusion
to our four-part series, we look at the profound sense of loss wildfires can leave in
their wake.
FWS: Grizzly Bears to Remain Protected Under Endangered Species Act
January 8, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
The agency rejected state petitions for local management, creating a single recovery area for grizzlies in the Lower 48.
Feds Buy Kelly Parcel, Conserving Last of Unprotected Land in GTNP
January 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
‘Decades-in-the-making’ $100 million purchase adds 640 acres to Grand Teton National Park, while protecting a key Greater Yellowstone wildlife
migration corridor.
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 MoreA Life With Wolves
December 18, 2024 // Book Review
Biologist’s debut memoir weaves gripping adventure into a conservation success story.
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