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The proposed ban on mining north of Yellowstone National Park, the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act, was passed today by the U.S. Senate as part of a major, bipartisan public lands package that now heads for the House of Representatives.

The Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act will not be included in the 2018 omnibus spending bill—for different reasons, according to Montana’s congressional delegation.

U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte (R-MT) has introduced legislation to ban mining on public land in the Paradise Valley.

Federal officials are discussing how to expedite their mining ban analysis for land in the Paradise Valley just north of Yellowstone National Park.

Fire restrictions have been lifted for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, and other lands in the Jackson Hole area.

A ruling on delisting Yellowstone grizzlies from the Endangered Species List could come in June, according to officials.

Federal land officials in the Greater Yellowstone Area are inviting the public to attend the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee meeting Tuesday, November 15.

The Yellowstone Gateway Business Coalition is asking the U.S. Forest Service to halt mining on land just north of Yellowstone National Park.

Taylor Haynes, a Wyoming gubernatorial candidate wants to open Yellowstone National Park to drilling, grazing and mining.