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A new study shows some Yellowstone grizzlies may be adapting in the face of declining whitebark pine—but that more study is needed.

With declining snowpack predicted throughout the Rocky Mountain West due to climate warming, a recent study suggests snow levels in some parts of Yellowstone won’t be deep or consistent enough to support a full season of over-snow travel as early as mid-century, according to two Yellowstone-area scientists.