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A drift boat with people fly fishing floats down the Yellowstone River, Friday, July 31, 2026, near Livingston, Montana.

Fishing closures are becoming routine as record heat warms Western rivers

Associated Press

Trout need cool water to survive. But record heat this summer has driven water temperatures to levels that can kill fish. Wildlife officials are responding by banning fishing during certain hours on rivers and streams across the U.S. West.

FILE - This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a sign marking the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park, May 7, 2018.

Science & Environment

Bear attack injures 2 hikers in Yellowstone National Park

Associated Press

Park officials described the attack as a single event, with one or more bears involved, but did not specify if they were black bears or grizzlies. Yellowstone has populations of both species.

The east side Kane County entrance into Zion National Park, Dec. 5, 2025.

Politics & Government

Trump nominates hospitality executive Scott Socha to lead the National Park Service

Associated Press

Socha is a president for parks and resorts at Buffalo, New York-based Delaware North. The company provides services in at least six national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Shenandoah.

FILE - This photo provided by the National Park Service shows a wolf in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo, Nov. 7, 2017. Six conservation groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday, July 2, 2024, challenging a recent U.S. government decision not to protect wolves in northern Rocky Mountain states as an endangered species.

Science & Environment

Groups sue to restore endangered species protection for US northern Rockies wolves

Associated Press

The lawsuit follows a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision in February to reject conservationists’ requests to restore endangered species protections across the region.

A young bison calf stands in a pond with its herd at Bull Hollow, Okla., on Sept. 27, 2022. The calf is one of the most recent additions born into the Cherokee Nation herd. In Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation, one of the largest Native American tribes with 437,000 registered members, had a few bison on its land in the 1970s. But they disappeared. It wasn't until 40 years later that the tribe's contemporary herd was begun.

Science & Environment

The relocation of bison to Native lands revives a spiritual bond

Associated Press

Bison nearly vanished from the Great Plains. Decades later, there's a nationwide resurgence of Indigenous tribes seeking to reconnect with the humpbacked, shaggy-haired animals that occupy a crucial place in centuries-old tradition and belief.