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Grizzly bear killed in Yellowstone River after breaking into home
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks officials and game wardens shot and killed a grizzly bear Thursday after it broke into a home near Gardiner. The state agency said the bear had a recent history of rummaging through trash and attempting to break into homes and campers. That includes breaking into the home a National Park Service employee in Mammoth and other residences. On July 18, FWP received reports that the...
Yellowstone Heritage Trail connecting Livingston to Gardiner advances
A nonprofit is one step closer to completing a 56-mile trail project connecting Gardiner to Livingston after acquiring a 3-mile stretch of land from Emigrant to Park County. This segment serves as the foundation for the Yellowstone Heritage Trail. Sam McSherry, Northern Rockies project associate at the Trust for Public Land, attributed recent progress to acquiring a 23-acre stretch of land just north of Emigrant from a longtime ranching family in Paradise Valley. The family sold the land to the trust for public use June...
Yellowstone River access up 25% since 2021
The Park County Environmental Council hosted a community conversation on Wednesday with Upper Yellowstone Watershed Group representatives, detailing the results of the Yellowstone River Recreation Use Study. Specialists detailed the four-year study, which began in 2020, as the first of its kind to occur on the Yellowstone River. Associated experts presented the Upper Yellowstone Watershed Group-conducted study, as providing valuable baseline data, detailing a 25% increase in fishing access site usage since 2021. ...
New leadership at PCEC sets course for conservation and community growth
The Park County Environmental Council has hired two new managing directors following longtime executive director Michelle Uberuaga’s move to her new role as senior program manager for Yellowstone at the National Parks Conservation Association in March. Erica Lighthiser and Max Hjortsberg officially started as the Park County Environmental Council’s managing directors July 1. During Michelle Uberuaga’s transition, Lighthiser served as interim executive director while Uberuaga remained in an advisory role. ...
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