Yellowstone grizzlies removed from threatened species list
Associated Press
August 1, 2017
But not much is expected to immediately change as a result of the handover of management to the various states.
Yellowstone National Park
Native Americans say grizzly bear decision violates religion
Associated Press
July 7, 2017
The plaintiffs are 17 tribes, clans and individuals from Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Canada, with two more tribes from Nebraska and South Dakota being added.
Groups challenge U.S. plan to lift grizzly bear protections
Associated Press
July 3, 2017
Groups include Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club; say decision to lift grizzly bear protections this summer is flawed because it only involves Yellowstone grizzlies rather than West as a whole.
Yellowstone wants brucellosis quarantine facility for bison
Associated Press
June 26, 2017
Quarantining bison is seen as a way to reduce the number slaughtered each year and to establish more bison herds around the U.S.
Yellowstone grizzlies removed from Endangered Species List
Staff and News Reports
June 22, 2017
The rule impacts grizzly bears in Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks and the 20 million acre ecosystem, which includes Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
Yellowstone takes measures to prevent zebra mussels’ spread
Associated Press
June 19, 2017
Park officials are installing barriers in front of boat launches in an attempt to prevent invasive mussels recently discovered in Montana from spreading to the park and into the Columbia River Basin.
Montana’s wolf population still strong, report shows
Staff and News Reports
June 8, 2017
State’s annual wolf report shows a minimum of 477 wolves were counted for 2016. That’s down from 536 wolves counted in 2015, but doesn’t necessarily reflect a reduction in wolf numbers, but rather a reduction
Study: Focus should be on elk, not bison, in Yellowstone infection fight
Associated Press
June 5, 2017
Report says agencies should consider reducing the elk population through hunting, contraception and other methods. It also recommends gradually reducing the use of supplemental winter feed grounds in Wyoming to avoid the creation of large
Wyoming tribes propose wolf-hunt buffer zone
Associated Press
May 17, 2017
Request seeks a temporary suspension of wolf hunting altogether and a 31-mile no-hunting “sacred resource protection safety zone” along the outskirts of Yellowstone National Park.
