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Montana Preps for Potential Grizzly Bear Delisting

September 30, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

The future of grizzlies hangs in the balance as FWS weighs delisting
State Fish, Wildlife and Parks has released its final EIS proposing a statewide grizzly management plan.
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The Forgotten Woman Behind Yellowstone’s Predator Revolution

September 26, 2024 // FEATURE: History

Rosalie Barrow Edge, "Hawk of Mercy"
Rosalie Edge transformed public perceptions of predator policies in the Yellowstone ecosystem—so why isn’t she more famous?

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Wolf-Abuse Incident Prompts New Wyoming Bill

September 25, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

Wolves hope to find an advocate in Wyoming's Treatment of Predators Working Group
Draft bill protects the right to run down predators, with updated laws to limit ongoing suffering. Citizens say bill doesn’t go far enough.
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'Walking Among Giants': A Writer’s Introduction to the Grizzly Bear

September 23, 2024

The mighty grizzly bear and cubs of the year in 2018
In the prologue to his new book, Grizzly Confidential, author Kevin Grange discusses how he came to love North America’s mighty bears.
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Wyoming Moose, Cattle Test Positive for Anthrax

September 19, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

A cow and bull moose in Grand Teton National Park
The state Game and Fish Department confirms the first case of anthrax in Wyoming wildlife in decades.
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Feeling Through Fire: Part 2 - 'Melancholic Beauty'

September 18, 2024 // MoJo Special Series

The powerful emotion of wildfire expressed through art
In Part 2 of our series, a Brooklyn painter and Montana’s Poet Laureate grapple with their crafts and the power of wildland fire.
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BLM Amends Management Plans for Sage-Grouse Habitat

September 12, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

The greater sage-grouse population has seen staggering decline over the past 60 years
Mounting concerns over population numbers prompt reevaluation of protections across 10 western states.
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Daring to Leap: Meet Paris Harris

September 10, 2024 // NEWS: Feature

Paris Harris lays down prescribed fire
One Chicago woman is digging a new line to become America’s first Black female smokejumper.
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Virtual Fences: A Promising Tool for Conservation and Ranching

September 9, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

Solar-powered signal towers and GPS collars on cattle can replace barbed-wire fencing
Bozeman workshop and Crazy Mountain project explore the potential in virtual fencing technology.
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Wyoming Researcher Receives Aldo Leopold Award

August 29, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

Dr. Matthew Kauffman in his element
The American Association of Mammalogists recognized Matthew Kauffman for his lasting conservation contributions through migration studies.
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Restoring Wildlife Connectivity Across the High Divide

August 29, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Removing fences in the Great Divide area between Yellowstone and the Crown of the Continent
Throughout the High Divide, century-old fencing is coming down to improve migration corridors for pronghorn, elk and other wildlife.
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Feeling Through Fire: Part 1 - Mixed Emotions

August 27, 2024 // MoJo Special Series

In the moment: A lone firefighter on the 2021 Woods Creek Fire in Montana
In Part 1 of our series, wildland firefighters explore the emotional contradictions of fire and a job that demands more than just 16-hour days.
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Scientific Conference on Greater Yellowstone Comes to Big Sky

August 26, 2024 // NEWS: In Short

Monitoring the changing climate will be among the many GYE topics covered at the conference
Conservation stakeholders converge Sept. 3-5 to share research and advance conservation awareness and efforts in the GYE.
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Seeing Green: How to Make Friends with a Plant

August 22, 2024 // OPINION: Column

Take the time to get to know your neighbors
In her latest essay, MoJo columnist Susan Marsh writes about her relationships with flora and how to avoid ‘plant blindness.’
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