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Yellowstone

Appeals Environment Government 

Grizzlies Saved: Ninth Circuit Stops Yellowstone Trophy Hunt

July 8, 2020July 9, 2020 MATTHEW RENDA
bears, Endangered Species Act, Hunting, Idaho, Ninth Circuit, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wyoming, Yellowstone

The Ninth Circuit upheld protections for grizzly bears in the area of Yellowstone National Park Wednesday, staving off plans for trophy hunts in parts of Wyoming and Idaho.

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Environment Government 

Feds Sued for Letting Grizzlies Die With Yellowstone Grazing Plan

March 31, 2020April 1, 2020 MATTHEW RENDA
bears, Center for Biological Diversity, national parks, Sierra Club, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yellowstone

Environmentalists sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday in a bid to stop a plan that allows for 72 grizzly bears to be killed in a national forest near Yellowstone National Park. 

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Environment Science 

Yellowstone’s Migrating Bison Manipulate Springtime Green-Up

November 18, 2019November 19, 2019 CARSON McCULLOUGH
Agriculture, plants, Research, wildlife, Yellowstone

Bison migration in Yellowstone National Park can significantly alter the timetable and conditions for springtime vegetation growth, according to a study released Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Environment Government 

Buffaloed

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 BRIEF
national parks, wildlife, Yellowstone

The Buffalo Field Campaign sued the Department of the Interior twice in federal court, for records on bison management in the Yellowstone ecosystem.

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Environment Government Law National 

Feds Decline to Adopt Protections for Yellowstone Bison

September 5, 2019September 6, 2019 NATHAN SOLIS
endangered species, national parks, Trump administration, Yellowstone

The federal government has decided there will be no review of the Yellowstone National Park bison to be considered for federal protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Thursday.

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Environment Regional 

Invasive Lake Trout a Threat to Many Yellowstone Species

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 NICK MCCANN
bears, birds, fish, Yellowstone

Lake trout illegally introduced into Yellowstone Lake in the 1980s have had a major impact on not just native trout, but also on other species that feed on the fish.

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Environment Government Law 

US Bans New Mining Claims on Public Land Near Yellowstone

October 8, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Interior Department, mining, Yellowstone

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke approved a 20-year ban on new mining claims in the towering mountains north of Yellowstone National Park on Monday, after two proposed gold mines raised concerns that an area drawing tourists from the around the globe could be spoiled.

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Op-Ed Regional 

Dispatches From the Road: Apocalyptic Yellowstone

April 27, 2018May 4, 2018 CHRIS MARSHALL
CMarshall, Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone

In his latest dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief tells of an early morning wake-up call and subsequent trip through a famed national park.

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Appeals Environment Government 

Justices Order Wyoming to Pay Montana in Water Dispute

February 20, 2018 KEVIN LESSMILLER
Montana, rivers, U.S. Supreme Court, water, Wyoming, Yellowstone

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Wyoming to pay Montana $20,000 for holding back some of the water that flows from the Yellowstone River into a reservoir in southeastern Montana.

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Environment Government 

Where Buffalo Roam

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
birth control, FOIA, national parks, vaccines, Yellowstone

The nonprofit Montana Field Campaign brought a federal FOIA complaint for information on the Department of Agriculture’s “GonaCon” study of a contraceptive vaccine given to wild bison removed from Yellowstone National Park.

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Environment 

Wolf Ruling Has Agency Wrestling With Grizzlies

December 7, 2017December 8, 2017 RAMONA YOUNG-GRINDLE
bears, endangered, Endangered Species Act, Regional5, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wolves, Yellowstone

A court ruling against Fish and Wildlife’s Western Great Lakes wolf delisting decision causes reconsideration of the Yellowstone grizzly delisting.

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Environment Government National Technology 

Group Cries Foul Over Cell Service Expansion in National Parks

November 1, 2017 DAVID REESE
cellphones, National Park Service, Yellowstone

In a battle of Nature vs. Netflix, the internet maybe winning, as cellphone towers propagate around the country in the last frontier of cell coverage: national parks and national forests.

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Environment Science Uncategorized 

Grizzly Delisting Challenged to Head Off Trophy Hunting Threat

August 31, 2017May 29, 2018 Ramona Young-Grindle
bears, endangered, Endangered Species Act, Hunting, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yellowstone

As the threat of trophy hunting looms, conservation and tribal groups challenged the administration’s removal of Yellowstone grizzlies from the Endangered Species List.

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Civil Rights Environment Government 

Indian Tribes Take the Lead in Fight for Grizzly Bears

July 7, 2017July 7, 2017 LAURA LUNDQUIST
bears, Endangered Species Act, Native Americans, religious freedom, Ryan Zinke, Yellowstone

Nine Indian tribes have beaten environmental groups to the punch by suing Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, claiming he violated their religious freedom by removing Yellowstone grizzly bears from the Endangered Species list without proper consultations.

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Environment Government National Politics 

US Officials to Lift Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Protections

June 22, 2017June 23, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
bears, Yellowstone

Protections that have been in place for more than 40 years for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area will be lifted this summer after U.S. government officials ruled Thursday that the population is no longer threatened.

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Environment 

Agencies Ponder Next Steps for Northwest Grizzly Bears

June 21, 2017June 22, 2017 LAURA LUNDQUIST
bears, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, Montana, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yellowstone

With grizzly-bear recovery potentially complete in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, agencies are daring to plan for a time when the bears are under state control.

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Environment Government 

Despite Ongoing Threats, Feds May Lift Protection of Grizzly Bears

April 24, 2017January 16, 2018 EVE BYRON
animals, bears, Endangered Species Act, Montana, Yellowstone

Protection of grizzly bear and Canada lynx populations is often cited in lawsuits involving logging projects in the West, but grizzlies outside of Yellowstone National Park may be removed from federal protection this summer.

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Government 

Ethics Issues Still Dog National Park Service

April 12, 2017November 22, 2017 DAVID REESE
Audit, Grand Canyon, Interior Department, National Park Service, Sexual harassment, Yellowstone

Ethics problems continue to surface at the Department of Interior, as a report released Wednesday says Yellowstone National Park maintenance workers created a “men’s club” of intolerance toward women.

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Government National Regional 

Park Service Sued Over Yellowstone’s Arsenic Problem

December 23, 2016May 10, 2017 EVE BYRON
Montana, parks, water, Yellowstone

In the picturesque mountains near the nation’s first national park, a small water and sewer district is taking on the National Park Service in a dispute over arsenic in wastewater coming from Yellowstone National Park that’s treated by the sewer district.

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Uncategorized 

Dispatches From the Road: Big Sky Country

December 9, 2016May 15, 2018 CHRIS MARSHALL
CMarshall, history, Idaho, Montana, psec, Yellowstone

Courthouse News’ Western bureau chief laments a lack of wildlife encounters during a recent day trip to Yellowstone National Park – save a lackadaisical porcupine and the ubiquitous elk – in his latest dispatch from Big Sky Country.

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