John Moon, a DNR forester, uses a map while standing along a rerouted trail in the Reiter Foothills on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, outside Gold Bar, Washington. Crews and volunteers intend to get the trail back in good shape after going unmaintained for a few years.

Bohdy Martin, 13, watches as Brad Tippets carries a pheasant to its pen Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch.

Shawn Bryant, an aquatic mitigation engineer for Montana Department of Transportation, holds out a hen pheasant while releasing birds into the wild Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at Kindsfater Wetland Mitigation Site.

Water flows by the decomposing body of a coho salmon that recently spawned in the Olaf Strand tributary on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Arlington, Washington. Dozens of dead fish could be seen strewn about the brief stretch of creek that was recently rewilded by conservationists.

Ryan Elting, conservation director at the Whidbey Camano Land Trust, walks along the beach and looks up at the bluffs that line the property Friday, June 10, 2022, at the site of the Keystone Preserve near Coupeville, Washington. Elting said the natural erosion of the bluffs provides nutrients to the adjacent marine habitat.

Kylie Kembel, a human-bear conflict specialist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, explains to a young boy how a bear trap works Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, during an event in Joliet.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks CWD surveillance technician Robbie Seykora plunges into the neck of a deer while removing lymph nodes for testing Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 in Billings.

Senior Habitat Specialist Brett Gaddis scrambles down to the Skykomish River at a Sofie Road property recently purchased by the county for floodplain restoration Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Monroe, Washington.

A harbor seal surfaces from the Snohomish River to get a look at its surroundings Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, at Bob Heirman Wildlife Park at Thomas’ Eddy in Snohomish, Washington.

A young red-tailed hawk takes flight after being released back into the wild by members of PAWS Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, at Evergreen Cemetery in Everett, Washington.

John Bergquam, of Buxton, Ore., holds up a beaver pelt and quizzes a group of young children on different types of fur during the 20th annual Beaver Creek Youth Trappers Camp Saturday, June 15, 2019 at Camp Kiwanis south of Havre, Mont. Bergquam and other instructors taught classes about trapping and outdoors survival.

Trees marked with spray paint line the trail at Kirk Hill as preparation to cut down the trees as part of the Bozeman Municipal Watershed Project is underway Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Bozeman. The project aims to protect Bozeman’s water supply from the impacts of forest fires.

Sam Olsen, fire prevention technician with the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, heads down from the top of the North Mountain Fire Lookout on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, north of Darrington, Washington.

An emergency fire vehicle heads past a barricade and towards Index as numerous agencies attempt to contain the Bolt Creek Fire on Saturday, Sep. 10, 2022, on U.S. Highway 2 near Index, Washington.

A male Anna’s hummingbird chirps as it perches in a thorny bush Wednesday, March 30, 2022, along the water at the Port of Everett in Everett, Washington. Anna’s hummingbirds, which measure around 4 inches long and weigh only a few grams, are the most common of four local species and the only hummingbird to remain year-round in the Pacific Northwest.

Don Smith, a community transit bus driver who has held an interest in rocks, minerals and crystals for years, washes off a stone while searching for olivine on Saturday, July 22, 2022, along the Nooksack River near Deming, Washington.

Katon Gerky kneels in a field at his organic hemp farm, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 near Harlem, Mont.

A bison heads southward past a number of others resting on a hillside at Yellowstone National Park Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Fifty bison were recently transferred from Yellowstone to Fort Peck.

An osprey returns to its nest with a partially eaten fish Thursday, April 15, 2021, near the Duck Creek Fishing Access in Billings.

Rob Gregoire holds a map and speaks to a crowd during a celebration of the completion of the Porcupine-Ibex Trail Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in the Crazy Mountains near Wilsall.

Local landowner Nathan Anderson points out features along the Porcupine-Ibex Trail during a dedication event for the contentious project Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in the Crazy Mountains near Wilsall.

Caleb Scott and his three-year-old son Wallace walk around outside the Billings Regional Landfill while cleaning up loose trash Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 in Billings.

Sunlight shines on Nighthawk the horse Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 at a ranch near Ryegate.

The waxing crescent moon hangs in the sky just above a chimney stack at the Western Sugar Co-Op shortly after sunset Thursday evening in Billings.

Clint Thomas, a major stakeholder at Hell Creek, sits on the ground and takes turns talking with people about the marina he operates Thursday, June 3, 2021, at Hell Creek State Park in Garfield County, Mont. The Little Shell Tribe would go on to take over management of the park from FWP with a transition period of about two years.

Hundreds of logs are marked as sold Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, in the Crazy Mountains near Wilsall. The timber sale coincided with a forest fire that ravaged public land in the Crazy Mountains.

WSU Extension Beach Walker Tim Ellis helps Luna and Alia Rexwinkle, 3 and 5, respectively, identify different creatures they find during the lowest tide in over a decade Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Lighthouse Park in Mukilteo, Washington.

The sun sets in vibrant colors with the help of controlled burns west of town Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 in Billings.

One of the new pallid sturgeon at Cabela’s swims along the glass of the display tank Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Billings. These sturgeon are an endangered species and are being introduced to the display tank as ambassadors for a project to increase their numbers in the wild.

A worker, carrying two sacks full of seedlings, climbs over the difficult terrain while planting trees at the site of the Middle May timber sale in the Reiter Foothills on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, outside Gold Bar, Washington.

A scraggly elk grazes near Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone National Park Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Park visitation dropped in 2020 but sharply rebounded after health restrictions were lifted.

Anthony Sammartano of the Montana Audubon Center bags up a tree for a local teacher who came to the Yellowstone Conservation District’s Arbor Day Tree giveaway on Friday, April 30, 2020, at Yellowstone Winery & Cellars in Billings. “This is just a great thing to do,” Sammartano said. “We’re always happy to help out.”

Power lines run from the Yellowtail Dam on the Crow Indian Reservation during a rainy afternoon Thursday, May 20, 2021. A recent agreement between the Crow Tribe and the federal government has laid groundwork for a water treatment plant just downstream from the dam.

Kris Spanjian and Ray Gilbertson stand and talk about their former solar panel array at their home Wednesday, August 4, 2021 west of Billings. The couple no longer uses the pictured panels and have instead gotten two new, more efficient arrays this year.

A group of researchers from Montana State University - Northern record plant species within a plot of land Friday, May 31, 2019 at Beaver Creek Park south of Havre, Mont.

A muskrat carries fallen leaves back to its lodge while foraging along the Yellowstone River Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, at Two Moon Park in Billings. According to the Montana Field Guide, muskrats mainly eat aquatic vegetation and also make their homes, or lodges, out of plant matter. Muskrats do not hibernate, nor do they store food for the winter, so foraging is a daily task for them all year long.

A black-capped chickadee cracks open a seed while foraging Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at Riverfront Park in Billings.

Windmills at Stillwater Wind facility turn in the evening light Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 near Reed Point. According to documents, Colstrip operator Talen Energy is eyeing a purchase of the wind farm.

Frost covers fields of shrubs as temperatures dip Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 at Four Dances Natural Area.

Allie Leiser pulls a cart full of young vegetables to be planted on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Radicle Roots Farm in Snohomish, Washington. The farm is part of a larger movement across the country that has seen an increase in small-scale organic farming.

A band of pronghorns walk through a field Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 west of Rapelje.

Teresa Dalsager, of Oregon, helps belay Lisa Hughes, of Spokane, during the Bozeman Ice Festival Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at Genesis 1 in Hyalite Canyon. The festival attracts climbers from around the world each year.

A coyote scampers into the woods Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Yellowstone National Park.

Enthusiasts scope the landscape for Wolves during a winter tour Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Yellowstone National Park.

A yellow-headed blackbird perches atop a cattail Thursday, May 14, 2020, at Cherry River Fishing Access in Bozeman.

John Herrmann and Keith Hume, both of the Surface Water Management team at the Snohomish County Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, prepare to install a staff gauge at the mouth of Lunds Gulch Creek at Meadowdale Beach Park on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Edmonds, Washington. Part of the park’s redesign involved widening the waterway and returning it to a more natural state to provide better habitat for fish and other wildlife.

Alpaca breeder Rebecca Suryan shows the inner layer of fleece on one of her animals Monday, March 28, 2022, at Alpacas from MaRS in Snohomish, Washington. Alpaca fleece differs from sheep’s wool in a few ways, notably in that it lacks a wax called lanolin.

Dust rises up and wildfire smoke descends upon a sand and gravel mine at Cadman, Inc.’s Granite Falls location on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Granite Falls, Washington. Nearby residents have been voicing their concerns about a proposed expansion of the mine.

Auctioneer Cash Seal points to a large bighorn skull as he prepares a 4-year accumulation of antlers, horns, hides and more for a live public auction Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Billings. The auction raises money for Fish, Wildlife and Parks by selling off poached and illegally-harvested animals that have been confiscated across the state.