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Embracing ‘Salmon Weather’
March 4, 2025 // Book Review

An Idaho author’s awe-inspiring personal narratives challenge our notions of the West.
Read MoreWill Federal Freeze Stymie Wildland Fire Fights?
March 4, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Delays in hiring crews and funding hazardous fuels projects worry officials as the 2025 fire season approaches.
Read MoreElk in Crazy Mountains Test Negative for Brucellosis, Easing Livestock Concerns
March 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Agency and
state officials complete latest surveillance effort in Montana's ongoing battle
against wildlife-livestock disease.
Ranchers Weigh Shorter Leases Against Permanent Easements
February 28, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Amid concerns over the long-term value of Montana's conservation leases, FWP program races toward 500,000-acre goal.
Conservation Groups File Notice to Sue Feds Over New Gold Mine
February 26, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

The Stibnite project site would be the fourth-largest gold operation in the U.S. by grade, and the only domestic source of mined antimony.
Read MoreGrizzlies: Double Vision
February 25, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

With the Endangered Species Act comment period ending March 17, states and advocates are at odds over the future of grizzly bears.
Read More‘A Cascading Effect’: Forest Service, Park Service Workers who Lost Jobs Amid Mass Layoffs Explain Rippling Fallout
February 20, 2025 // NEWS: Feature

Five nationwide unions representing federal employees have gone to court in an attempt to stop workforce reductions.
Read MoreThe Fight For Wild Lands: Part 3
February 19, 2025 // MoJo Special Series

The U.S. Constitution gives citizens the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances.” As a blizzard of public lands change sweeps out of Washington, D.C., activists around Greater Yellowstone ponder tactics to help them keep what they hold dear.
Read MoreThe 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.
Bill Would Redraw Lines Between Wyoming Trappers, Trail Users
February 13, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

Lawmakers
push to give wildlife officials authority to end unrestricted trapping access on public lands.
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 MoreDEQ Reports Nitrates in Wyoming Community Linked to Septic Systems
February 10, 2025 // NEWS: In Short

After years of nitrate
contamination in Hoback Junction, its residents are still grappling with access
to clean drinking water.