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Conservation Groups Sue Feds over Bull Trout Recovery Plan

Environment / Land Use / News / Wildlife / April 20, 2016

By John S. Adams,  Editor-in-Chief Two Montana conservation groups are suing the federal government alleging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s plan to recover endangered bull trout is inadequate...


End of the Trail for Yellowstone Bison

Environment / Land Use / National Parks / News / Wildlife / March 17, 2016

By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A bison calf lunges into the mechanical livestock squeeze chute, bucking and kicking, its lashing hooves and horns clattering against...


Yellowstone Club wastewater pouring into Gallatin River tributary

Environment / Land Use / News / Public Health / Wildlife / March 4, 2016

By Joseph T. O’Connor and Amanda Eggert, Explore Big Sky On Thursday afternoon, effluent began pouring down an embankment from a Yellowstone Club wastewater storage pond and into a tributary of the Gallatin...


Grizzly Populations ‘Recovered,’ Not Ready for ‘De-listing’

Environment / Land Use / News / Wildlife / December 8, 2015

Editor’s Note: This report is published here with permission from MTPR.org. It may not be reproduced or republished without prior written consent from Montana Public Radio. By Edward O’Brien &...


Historic Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Migration Highlights Management Challenges

Environment / Land Use / News / Wildlife / December 7, 2015

Editor’s Note: This report is published here with permission from MTPR.org. It may not be reproduced or republished without prior written consent from Montana Public Radio. By Corin Cates-Carney,...


States, Feds agree to at least 600 Yellowstone-area grizzlies

Environment / National Parks / News / State Government / Wildlife / December 7, 2015

by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com | Dec. 7, 2015 The country’s top wildlife official wrote state game chiefs in September agreeing the Yellowstone-area grizzly bear population could decline to 600 — 114 fewer...


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