Rachel Cramer

Bozeman Reporter

Rachel Cramer is YPR’s Bozeman-based reporter. While her roots are in the rolling hills of southwest Iowa, Rachel fell hard for Montana during family vacations. She started working for Montana Public Radio as a website assistant while finishing a master’s degree at the University of Montana, and joined the news team in 2017. As an evening newscaster and reporter, she covered issues ranging from wolf-rancher conflict solutions to tech start-ups. Later that year, she was selected for a fellowship with Crossing the Divide, a cross-country reporting project developed by the GroundTruth Project and WGBH. Rachel and four other early-career journalists covered divisions in five communities across the US, partnered with local news outlets and visited high schools. Before joining YPR, Rachel worked for Threshold, an award-winning public radio and podcast based in Montana.

Men Caught Walking On Old Faithful Banned For 5 Years

By • Jan 9, 2020
Two men walk up to Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
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Two men pleaded guilty in December to trespassing on the cone of Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park. 

Montana Supreme Court Hears Challenge To County Immigration Detentions

By • Jan 8, 2020
ACLU of Montana Legal Director Alex Rate gives oral argument in the Montana Supreme Court Room in Helena, January 8, 2019
Rachel Cramer / Yellowstone Public Radio

The Montana Supreme Court Wednesday in Helena heard oral arguments from a lawsuit challenging immigration detentions in Lincoln County. The decision at a later date will have broad implications for the policy and practice of sheriffs across the state. 

Online Program Aims To Help Rural Montanans Access Mental Healthcare

By • Jan 6, 2020
A silhouette of a cowboy with clouds and a blue sky in the background.
Adam Cohn / Flickr-CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0

Limited access to therapists, cost and stigma around mental health can make it difficult for rural Montanans to get the care they need. Now, Bozeman researchers are testing and adapting a new online program that’s been shown to side-step those barriers and reduce depression and anxiety for adults.

Montana FWP Seeking Input On Madison River Recreation Management

By • Jan 3, 2020
A brown trout swims near the surface of the water.
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The public comment period closes Monday, Jan. 6 at midnight, on proposals to address crowding and conflicts on the iconic Madison River in southwest Montana.

Montana Beef, Wheat Set To Benefit From U.S. Japan Trade Deal

By • Jan 2, 2020
A sign advertises American beef in a Japanese grocery store during a U.S. Department of Agriculture trade mission in June, 2018.
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The new trade deal between the U.S. and Japan went into effect Wednesday. Montana’s Farm Bureau vice president says it will give the state’s farmers and ranchers more certainty and a competitive edge in the new decade.

Federal Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Over Management Of Yellowstone Bison

By • Dec 26, 2019
A bison raises its head after eating grass beneath the snow in Yellowstone National Park.
NPS/Jacob W. Frank (public domain)

A federal appeals court this week revived a lawsuit filed by an environmental law firm that challenges the state of Montana and the federal government’s management of bison from Yellowstone National Park. 

First Transfer Of Female Bison From Yellowstone To Fort Peck Indian Reservation

By • Dec 23, 2019
A semi-truck hauls 33 bison from Yellowstone National Park to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation for the final stage of the quarantine process, December 23, 2019.
Courtesy of Don Woerner

 

Correction: The previous version of this story said it was the first direct transfer of female bison from the park to the tribes through a quarantine program to make sure the animals are disease-free. The bison were held in quarantine at a U.S. Department of Agriculture facility near Gardiner, Montana and loaded into the trailer at Stephens Creek Capture Facility in Yellowstone National Park. YPR regrets the error.   

Thirty-three bison were transferred from Yellowstone National Park to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation Monday. It marked the first transfer of female bison to the tribes through the current quarantine program to make sure the animals are disease-free.

New Report Suggests Policies To Make Ag More Green, But Could Market Spur Change Faster?

By • Dec 19, 2019
Barley being harvested.
Travis Wiens / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

 

As more extreme droughts and floods and other climate effects threaten food production and the survival of rural communities, there’s a debate about whether sustainable agriculture can be achieved through new federal policies or shifting markets. 

Montana DEQ Names Lower Gallatin Watershed As Priority Basin

By • Dec 19, 2019
A man walking along the shore of a river with fishing gear on.
Tom Roche / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality announced Thursday that the Lower Gallatin Watershed is its next priority basin. This means hundreds of thousands of dollars will become available to address pollution in over half of the watershed’s major streams and rivers.

Two Wolf Pups Killed By Car In Yellowstone National Park

By • Dec 18, 2019
The Junction Butte Wolf Pack standing in the snow.
Yellowstone National Park / Yellowstone National Park

Two wolf pups from a famous wolf pack in Yellowstone were killed by a car in the park November 19. 

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