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Whitebark Pine: An Education in Trees
April 8, 2025 // NEWS: Feature
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.
Read MorePublic Opinion Boils Over as Feds Continue Slashing Jobs, Budgets
April 4, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Demonstrators attended more than 1,000 “Hands Off” protests across the nation and Greater Yellowstone.
Read More'Tools to Save Our Home Planet'
April 4, 2025 // Book Review
A new book from Patagonia offers time-tested guidance on grassroots environmental activism. Here’s how it could benefit rural communities.
Read MoreMontana Updates Wolf Management Playbook as Hunting Bills Advance
April 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Wildlife managers release first wolf management plan in 22 years, set minimum baseline population to 450.
Read MoreFederal NIH Cuts Hit Greater Yellowstone Disease Research
April 2, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Lab workers studying tick expansion lose staff, resources involved in Lyme, chronic wasting disease, coronavirus research and related threats.
Read MoreYellowstone Gateway Town Fears for Future amid Trump Funding Cuts
April 1, 2025
Shutting down federal funding through the Park Service could cripple Gardiner, Montana.
Read MoreTrump Administration Bars NPS from Reporting Visitor Data
April 1, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
As national parks gear up for another busy tourist season, muted visitor data leaves experts ‘shocked.’
Read MoreInside the Battle Over the ESA
March 31, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, has it been a winning or losing proposition? It depends on who you ask.
Read MoreUSFWS Extends Comment Period for Grizzly Management Plan
March 28, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
This latest change follows feds rejecting state petitions to manage local grizzly populations and extends the public comment period to May 16.
Read MoreCrazy Talk
March 27, 2025 // Book
In her new book on Crazy Mountain property battles, journalist Amy Gamerman explores the contrasting values of cattle, renewable energy and wilderness altering an ancient landscape.
Read MoreRiver Study Offers New Angle on Yellowstone Recreation
March 26, 2025 // NEWS: In Short
The Upper
Yellowstone Watershed Group report hopes to inform better management for a
cherished regional resource.
Wolves Need Federal Protection to Survive
March 24, 2025 // OPINION: Op-ed
As wildlife proponents in January celebrated the 30th anniversary of wolf reintroductions to Yellowstone National Park, wolves remain under fire.
Read MoreHow Deep Does It Go? Future of Area Water Monitoring in Question
March 21, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
With USGS offices in Greater Yellowstone among dozens of regional government buildings on the chopping block, DOGE savings efforts leave anglers wondering if streamflow monitors will survive.
Read MoreSeasons of Resurrection
March 19, 2025 // OPINION: Column
As Easter nears and the vernal equinox is
upon us, the concept of resurrection lives in the rebirth of nature and its
beings.