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Snow on the Hoof: How Deer, Elk and Other Western Wildlife Cope in Harsh Winters
Mule deer, elk and other hoofed mammals in the Rocky Mountain West migrate to escape winter. But what happens when they find more snow?
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Get Up Close and Personal With a Grizzly: Trapping Bears for Science
Researchers in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are tracking grizzly bears to learn their movements. Our journalist gets you up close to the tracking operation.
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Gillnets in Lake Yellowstone: Can Conservationists Recover Cutthroat Trout in Our First National Park?
When lake trout arrived in Lake Yellowstone, it devastated a native fish and an ecosystem. On the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, can a heroic effort set things right?
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Feathers vs. Fins: Protecting Pelicans and the Trout They Eat
A protected bird that eats five pounds of fish a day. A declining and imperiled native fish population. How to balance pelicans and cutthroat trout?
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Watching a Baby Bison Die
This spring, well-meaning tourists tried to rescue a Yellowstone bison calf from the cold. It didn’t end well. What happens when we put our human narratives on the wild.
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A Cruise to a Nesting Ibis Colony
Wetlands for nesting, farms for forage: the combination is ideal for wading birds. White-faced ibis, in particular, need areas like Mud Lake in Idaho like rivers need rain.
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Raising Cranes: Can Grain Fields Save a Bird?
Greater sandhill cranes' numbers have plummeted since the 1990s in the Greater Yellowstone region. Can a new effort that pays farmers for unharvested grain help?
