Deadly winter spurs Yellowstone bison management debate
After a record year in Yellowstone, nearly 1,200 bison were killed this season as harsh winter conditions pushed animals out of the park. Hunter removals reached 1,172 with 94 sent to slaughter and 282 transferred to tribes, underscoring calls for habitat expansion and greater Native involvement to reduce park removals.
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Bozeman
Yellowstone
National Park
Gardiner
Beattie Gulch
Scott Christensen
Greater
Interagency
National Park Service
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks
Montana Department of Livestock
Buffalo Council
Christensen
Park
Yankee
Montana student shines light on middle Cretaceous footprints
MSU doctoral student Giulio Panasci led a study describing fossilized dinosaur footprints near Bozeman from the middle Cretaceous period more than 80 million years ago. David Varricchio notes the find sheds light on the prehistoric environment and Frontier Formation fossils in Southwest Montana.
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Montana
Hell Creek
Giulio Panasci
Earth Sciences
Historical Biology
Bozeman
David Varricchio
MSU
Department of Earth Sciences
College of Letters and Science
Colter Peterson
Montana State
Gaines Hall
Frontier
Family seeks answers after daughter Mika Westwolf vanishes
Kevin Howard and Carissa Heavy Runner press for meaning after Mika J. Westwolf, 22, disappeared while walking along U S Highway 93 on the Flathead Reservation in Montana on the morning of March 31. They recall her habit of walking on the shoulder to stay safe. Local police and family search for clues.
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Arlee
Kevin Howard
Howard
Mission Mountains
Carissa Heavy Runner
Mika
Mika J. Westwolf
Flathead Reservation
Montana
Westwolf
Montana FSBO ban overturned by HB 247 restores online listings
Independent real estate professional Jane Shehan in Bozeman notes Montana and Wisconsin previously banned FSBO postings online. Governor Gianforte signed HB 247 on April 25 restoring FSBO listings online, praised by independents and agents though some debate persisted. Billings Rep. Sue Vinton explains the 2022 ban followed a MLS petition from the Gallatin Valley.
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Jane Shehan
Bozeman
Montana
Wisconsin
Greg Gianforte
Sam Sill
Missoula
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