Nick Mott

Nick Mott is an reporter who also works on the Threshold podcast.

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Donor gives $40 million for Yellowstone National Park employee housing

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Yellowstone employs more than 3,000 people at peak season, finding enough affordable housing for them has long been a problem.
$40 million will help Yellowstone National Park address a lack of employee housing

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Yellowstone National Park has received an anonymous $40 million gift to fund affordable housing for employees. Affordable housing is an issue for national park employees across the country.
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Fatal grizzly attack renews debate over how many bears are too many

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Authorities have been unable to find the bear that killed a woman near Yellowstone National Park late last month. The attack has renewed calls to take grizzlies off the endangered species list.
A record number of Yellowstone wolves have been killed. Conservationists are worried

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States neighboring Yellowstone National Park have eased rules on hunting wolves, resulting in the most being killed in nearly a century
A spike in wolf killings around Yellowstone has conservationists worried

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Last year, two neighboring states loosened restrictions on hunting wolves outside Yellowstone, resulting in a spike in deaths. Locally that's politically popular, but biologists see problems.
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Scientists Are Learning More About Fire Tornadoes, The Spinning Funnels Of Flame

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Big wildfires create their own weather, and can even spawn tornadoes swirling with smoke and flame. Researchers are trying to determine how often they occur.
The Climate Change Link To More And Bigger Wildfires

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Researchers who study evidence of fires through the millennia say to expect more and bigger fires as the climate continues to warm. Fire season is already months longer than in the 1970s.