Environmental groups challenged a decision to allow 72 grizzly bears to be killed to accommodate livestock grazing in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest, near Yellowstone National Park.
Springtime in the Rockies: Scenes from northern Front Range trails
The foothills of the northern Colorado Front Range offer hundreds of trails that wind through and over hills, meadows, mesas, forests and rock formations. Many trails are worthwhile year-round.
Climate, forests, ecology highlight Rocky Mountain science research
By studying a tree’s physiology, scientists are trying to determine how forests adapt to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and higher temperatures. By quantifying these effects, scientists hope to ascertain a forest’s ability to acclimate.
Land of the mountain kings: Hiking the Sawatch Range in central Colorado
In Colorado’s San Isabel National Forest, along the eastern base of the majestic Sawatch Range on the west side of the Arkansas Valley, several trails skirt the edge of some of Colorado’s most accessible and scenic mountains.
Montana proposal to expand bison range beyond Yellowstone National Park met with bid to help landowners
Groups said they will reimburse 50% of the cost (up to $1,000 per landowner) for purchasing and installing fencing to keep bison off private property where landowners do not want them in the Gardiner and Hebgen Basins.
Yellowstone wolf/elk study highlights predator/prey behavior
In areas with particularly high wolf predation risk, individual elk encountered wolves infrequently, limiting the potential cumulative effects of wolves on elk behavior.
USGS: Some Rocky Mountain regions warming 1.8 times the global average; species adapting, becoming vulnerable
Climate change in Yellowstone, said USGS, causes food plants to leaf out earlier in the year, potentially affecting migratory animals in search of forage plants ripe for eating.