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In Response to 2024 Wolf Torture, Killing, Wyoming Seeks to Write New Chapter
February 6, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Two bills in the Wyoming Legislature seek to outlaw cruelty to predatory animals.
Read MoreRunaway Runways
January 31, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Surging direct-flight jet service portends another busy tourist summer in Greater Yellowstone and beyond.
Read MoreGrizzly 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 MoreTrump Energy Policy Aims to Unplug Endangered Species Act
January 24, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Executive orders direct agencies to minimize consultations, giving priority to energy and mining permits.
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 MoreBack to the Land
January 19, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Tracy Stone-Manning turned in her BLM keys last week. As she exits civil service, she reflects on her career, the incoming administration, and the public’s love for public land.
Read MoreLegendary Yellowstone Wolf Dies After Fight with Rival Pack
January 13, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

Wildlife enthusiasts mourn the loss of
iconic Yellowstone matriarch, Wolf 907F.
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 Daunting Challenges Facing Canada Lynx
January 3, 2025 // NEWS: Dispatch

As a warming climate grips North America, the lynx remains
threatened in the Lower 48. It could get worse.
Montana Sues Yellowstone National Park Over Bison Management Plan
December 31, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Department of Livestock and FWP join Gov. Gianforte in suing park over its plan to increase bison population and tolerance for bison presence outside park boundaries.
Read MoreBuffalo Bridge
December 23, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

In two new books, a Montana historian tracks how Native and White cultures blend and break away.
Read MoreFormer FWS Grizzly Coordinator Updates Own 30-Year-Old Recovery Plan, Prompting Petition
December 20, 2024 // NEWS: Dispatch

Weeks
before the agency decides whether or not to delist grizzlies, 15 environmental
groups petition for a plan revision.