The agency rejected state petitions for local management, creating a single recovery area for grizzlies in the Lower 48.
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FWS: Grizzly Bears to Remain Protected Under Endangered Species Act
January 8, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch
Buffalo Bridge
December 23, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
In two new books, a Montana historian tracks how Native and White cultures blend and break away.
Read MoreTiny Trouble in Microplastics
December 13, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Outdoor and camping gear’s
push to stay light and dry leaves it exposed to big health risks.
Read MoreUnpacking a ‘Uniquely Mysterious’ Development Proposal in Paradise Valley
December 10, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
Park County residents grapple with a high-density resort proposal in an agricultural area south of Livingston.
Read MoreThe Forgotten Woman Behind Yellowstone’s Predator Revolution
September 26, 2024 // FEATURE: History
Rosalie
Edge transformed public perceptions of predator policies in the Yellowstone
ecosystem—so why isn’t she more famous?
Read MoreOn ‘A River’
July 17, 2024 // Book Review
A new
biography dives into the life of author Norman Maclean, his writing and his
motivation behind the greatest fly-fishing story ever told.
The Gray Wolf and a Dogged Pursuit
March 4, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch
A
coalition of Western environmentalists seeks renewed endangered species status
for western gray wolves.
New Research Suggests Montana FWP Wolf Count High
December 14, 2023 // NEWS: Feature
Bozeman-based researcher says agency's model for counting wolves is wrong. FWP disagrees citing a lack of peer review.
Read MoreThe Evaporation of Water in the West
November 28, 2023 // NEWS: Dispatch
Bozeman
is growing at breakneck speed. As its population ripples outward, the city looks
to combat supply and demand challenges with a new water conservation plan, the
first of its kind in Montana.
Finding our MoJo
October 2, 2023
As Mountain Journal ramps up coverage, a letter from its Interim Executive Director and Managing Editor
Read MoreMontana's Gallatin Valley And Wildlife Paying Big Price For Growth In Big Sky
July 18, 2023
What's happening near Gallatin Gateway, Montana is indicative, Robert Sisson says, of how developers are making profits but externalizing their costs on citizens and nature
Read MoreHow Greater Yellowstone Grizzlies Could Be Delisted And Remain Protected
July 18, 2023
States are pushing hard to remove America's most famous grizzly population from federal protection. The primary reason is obvious. Why aren't we doing the same with bald eagles?
Read MoreThis ‘Bearish’ Economy Is One Most States Would Love To Have
July 14, 2023
Often cast as liabilities and villains by politicians, grizzlies and wolves in Yellowstone region are bullish assets that keep delivering dividends—as long as they remain alive
Read MoreThe World Loses Wildlife Art's Greatest Champion
July 6, 2023
Bill Kerr passes at 85. In Jackson Hole, his vision led to creation of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, a shrine for those globally who value connections between art and nature
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