Brett French

BILLINGS – For more than a decade a passionate debate has reverberated within Yellowstone National Park’s scientific community regarding wolf reintroduction.

In the notice, the group challenged the final judgement and “all previous orders, rulings, and decisions excepted or objected which led up to and resulted in the Final Judgement.”

Instead of managing each of the populations separately, the groups are arguing for a strategy that combines the ecosystems into one large metapopulation, including the lands connecting the bears’ habitat.

The log structure, built in 1903, was the nation’s first forest ranger station.

The next step in wild bison restoration is for the citizens of Montana to encourage Custer Gallatin National Forest officials to “realize their objective of more bison on forest lands,” according to Rick Wallen.

"These animals traverse the rugged Absaroka Range and cross the Yellowstone River all to end up in someone's backyard for the winter," said Domek, of The Nature Conservancy.

A female grizzly has explored a vast swath of Yellowstone National Park since being translocated to the region in July while her male counterpart has been more of a homebody.

Ecologist and co-founder of American Prairie Curt Freese shares some of the research featured in his recently published book, "Back from the Collapse: American Prairie and the Restoration of Great Plains Wildlife."

In total, the Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Program has created 22 easements, three of which are leases with the other 19 perpetual easements.