Oct 08, 2008 - State pays for livestock losses due to wolves (Kalispell Daily Inter Lake) - The payout is rising for Montana in its new role of compensating for livestock losses to wolves, with some uncertainty about where this year’s tally will stop. “We had no way to gauge this, being in ...

Oct 06, 2008 - Officials pin hopes on brucellosis management zones (Casper Star Tribune) - GREEN RIVER -- Cattle herds in northwest Wyoming are at greater risk for brucellosis as long as the disease remains prevalent in Yellowstone National Park's elk and bison herds. If the risks are gr...

Oct 06, 2008 - Park wireless plan draws protests (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) - The new Yellowstone Park Wireless Communications Plan, which leaves the door open for placing Webcams in the back country and will, if approved, bring additional cell service to folks who want to stay...

Oct 02, 2008 - Federal judge recommends motorized restrictions in Gallatin Forest be tightened (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) - Several motorized groups seeking to overturn part or all of the Gallatin National Forest Travel Plan hit a snag Monday when Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch recommended their claims against National...

Oct 02, 2008 - Company plans exploratory drilling near Cody (Billings Gazette) - CODY - A plan to drill exploratory natural-gas wells in the McCullough Peaks has some residents and environmental groups concerned about the potentially large scope of the project, but developers say ...

Oct 02, 2008 - Yellowstone working on snowmobile plan (Jackson Hole News & Guide) - With 75 days left before Yellowstone National Park opens for the winter season, park officials say they’ve started work on a temporary plan to allow snowmobiles and snow coaches in the park. Offi...

Sep 28, 2008 - Delisting endangers wolves (Los Angeles Times) - DANIEL, WYO. -- It's hard for ranchers here to figure how it came to this -- again. After railing for more than a decade against the federal government for reintroducing gray wolves to the region...

Sep 25, 2008 - GYC head to step down (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) - The executive director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, a vocal environmental group with a presence across the Yellowstone region, is stepping down from the post. Michael Scott, 57, has taken ...

Sep 24, 2008 - Agency to Reconsider Taking Gray Wolves Off Endangered Species List (New York Times) - HELENA, Mont. — The federal agency that removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list in March has changed its mind and is asking a federal judge to vacate the decision. The request, by th...

Sep 23, 2008 - New method of fighting wildfires to get airing (Billings Gazette) - In a conference at Jackson, Wyo., dedicated to wildfire issues, Timothy Engalsbee sees a "coming-out party" of sorts for the Forest Service's latest means of directing responses to wildfires. Appro...

Sep 22, 2008 - Brucellosis plan suggests special Yellowstone area (Associated Press) - Federal officials are crafting a new approach to the livestock disease brucellosis, with a plan to carve out the greater Yellowstone region so infections there do not lead to sanctions against cattle ...

Sep 19, 2008 - Wolf population shrinks (Casper Star Tribune) - It's an unexpected twist that has caught both conservationists and federal wildlife experts by surprise: The Northern Rockies gray wolf population has apparently shrunk for the first time in over a...

Sep 18, 2008 - Protecting Yellowstone from snowmobiles (Los Angeles Times) - The original "Organic Act," signed in 1916, imbued the newly created National Park Service with a farsighted [ http://www.nps.gov/mora/supportyourpark/upload/VIP%20Handbook.doc ]mission: "... to cons...

Sep 17, 2008 - Yellowstone tries to balance cell phones, nature (Associated Press) - Yellowstone National Park officials, attempting to balance competing demands for cell phone service and preserving the park's tranquility, have released a draft plan to guide the development of wirele...

Sep 16, 2008 - Judge Rejects Plan for More Snowmobiles at National Parks (New York Times) - HELENA, Mont. A federal judge ruled Monday that the Bush administration's plan to allow more than 500 snowmobiles a day into Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks was not in keeping with the [ ht...

Sep 16, 2008 - Feds keeping Northern Rockies wolf listed for now (Associated Press) - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The government won't immediately try to take gray wolves in the Northern Rockies off the endangered species list, a federal wildlife official said Tuesday. Ed Bangs, a U.S. F...

Sep 15, 2008 - Judge throws out Yellowstone snowmobile plan (Associated Press) - WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday threw out plans to allow more than 500 snowmobiles a day into Yellowstone National Park, saying that many snowmobiles would increase air pollution, disturb wildl...