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Letter to the editor: Urge Daines and Sheehy to sponsor the Public Lands Integrity Act

6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (173+ words) Billings Gazette Javascript is required to use this website. Last summer, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) nearly slipped a plan through Congress to sell millions of acres of public lands. This political maneuver was stopped only after resounding pushback from Montanans…...

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Notice of final decision on American Prairie's bison grazing leases

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (149+ words) Billings Gazette Javascript is required to use this website. Woman charged with driving drunk, following wreck that killed two teen sisters in Billings 3 Top Sites to Buy Instagram Likes From Real Users 3 Best Sites to Buy Instagram Followers Safely I-90 accident…...

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US border wall construction threatens endangered wolves, conservationists say

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (153+ words) The Emperor Penguin has been officially declared endangered by the global authority on threatened wildlife, as accelerating climate change destroys the Antarctic sea ice the species depends on for breeding. Scientists warn that over 90% of penguin colonies could be lost…...

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Keeping Paradise open: Nickelson family safeguards ranch from development

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (108+ words) Billings Gazette For many, Paradise Valley, characterized by the Absaroka Mountain Range to the east, the iconic Yellowstone River carving persistently through, and the abundant wildlife frequently visible from U. S. Highway 89, is the final stretch of the journey to Yellowstone National…...

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USA-ENVIRONMENT/WOLVES

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (161+ words) Billings Gazette Javascript is required to use this website. Mexican gray wolf cubs, an endangered native species, are seen July 2, 2020, in their enclosure at the Museo del Desierto in Saltillo, Mexico. Suspect named after body of missing Billings woman found…...

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Interest in Montana FWP's 'bulls for billionaires' program wanes

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (338+ words) Interest in a once-controversial program that gives free elk tags to landowners to encourage them to allow public hunting on their property declined last year. Elk hunting licenses or permits issued to participating landowners or their designee peaked in 2023 at…...

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Interior announces supplemental review for Yellowstone bison management plan

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (194+ words) A bison harvest allowed Montana high school students to engage in indigenous traditions, while taking a life to give life through ceremony in Vaughn at the Big Sky Bison Ranch. Citing concerns about the unpredictability of bison migrations, the Department…...

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Big-buck hunters convince Wyoming to keep antler restrictions. Their advocacy may backfire, data shows.

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (223+ words) Outfitters and trophy-minded deer hunters have convinced Wyoming wildlife officials to retain tight antler point rules that biologists say are likely to reduce the future number of big bucks in two crown-jewel mule deer herds. Mike Koshmrl reports on Wyoming's…...

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Gianforte administration's battle against bison in Montana broadens

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (265+ words) With the support of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, the state's top Republican officials unanimously agreed on Monday that state rules should be written to keep bison from grazing on leased school trust lands. The current habitat base of more than…...

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Bison advocates ask court to force Forest Service to complete environmental analysis

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (216+ words) Bison advocates are asking a judge to reopen their 2019 case and require the Forest Service to conduct its own environmental analysis regarding the ability of bison to access Montana forest lands outside of Yellowstone National Park. Many of the monitoring…...