/tags/greater-yellowstone-ecosystem Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-01/the-ups-and-downs-of-the-greater-yellowstones-most-iconic-bird-and-how-jacksonites-are-saving-it Trumpeter swans were once thought to be extinct in the continental US. At least until a flock was found in Yellowstone, making the region a big reason for the iconic bird’s rebound. Sun, 01 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-01/the-ups-and-downs-of-the-greater-yellowstones-most-iconic-bird-and-how-jacksonites-are-saving-it Jenna McMurtry/KHOL /podcast/inthenoco/2024-02-28/could-reintroducing-wolves-restore-an-ecosystem-research-says-its-complicated When apex predators like wolves are removed and then reintroduced - does the ecosystem bounce back? That’s the subject of new research from Colorado State University. We look at what it could mean for Colorado, the recent site of wolf reintroduction, today on In The NoCo. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:45:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-02-28/could-reintroducing-wolves-restore-an-ecosystem-research-says-its-complicated In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole /environment/2021-04-14/why-a-montana-bill-making-it-easier-to-kill-grizzly-bears-could-backfire The Montana Legislature has passed a bill that would loosen regulations around killing grizzlies in Montana, and it's headed to the governor's desk. It's already legal in Montana to kill a grizzly in self-defense or if the bear is "in the act" of killing livestock. The new bill would allow a grizzly to be harmed or killed if a bear is "threatening" livestock. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:44:53 GMT /environment/2021-04-14/why-a-montana-bill-making-it-easier-to-kill-grizzly-bears-could-backfire Dante Filpula Ankney /2019-08-06/wolves-might-not-be-biggest-threat-to-elk Critics of wolf reintroduction in the Mountain West say the canine is the biggest threat to elk, but a new study says that’s not necessarily true. Tue, 06 Aug 2019 21:32:36 GMT /2019-08-06/wolves-might-not-be-biggest-threat-to-elk Ali Budner /2019-08-02/the-unusual-weapon-yellowstone-is-using-to-combat-invasive-species Zebra and quagga mussels can devastate an ecosystem, and Yellowstone National Park is doing everything it can to keep them out. Most recently, that... Fri, 02 Aug 2019 22:51:53 GMT /2019-08-02/the-unusual-weapon-yellowstone-is-using-to-combat-invasive-species Maggie Mullen /2019-06-07/environmental-advocates-sue-feds-over-bear-baiting-in-idaho-wyoming A group of wildlife advocates is suing the federal government, saying they need to have more of a role in helping to prevent grizzly bear deaths on... Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:08:41 GMT /2019-06-07/environmental-advocates-sue-feds-over-bear-baiting-in-idaho-wyoming James Dawson /2019-04-05/conservationists-want-hunters-to-carry-bear-spray-in-grizzly-country A coalition of conservationists is petitioning Idaho and Wyoming to make hunters carry bear spray when they’re within the Yellowstone ecosystem. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 21:23:44 GMT /2019-04-05/conservationists-want-hunters-to-carry-bear-spray-in-grizzly-country Amanda Peacher, Amanda Peacher /environment/2018-10-12/grizzly-conflicts-often-high-in-fall-says-us-fish-and-wildlife Eleven grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem have been euthanized since the beginning of September in a "particularly bad month" for grizzly… Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:37:51 GMT /environment/2018-10-12/grizzly-conflicts-often-high-in-fall-says-us-fish-and-wildlife Stephanie Daniel