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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said in June his department would consider changing the plan to give states more flexibility.

Patrick Madigan, the medical center's interim CEO, says the decision came down to what would be best for patients, employees and providers.

The state department also will distribute the new plan to Wyoming's 48 school districts.

Mining companies, ranchers and officials in some Western states said the Obama-era plan would impede oil and gas drilling.

The influx of people is expected to clog 911 dispatch centers, fill up hotels -- many of which are already sold out, and have been for some time -- and overload cellular phone networks.

Though the proposal remains tentative it is already a cause of worry for conservationists.

Jonah Energy, LLC, seeks to tap 5.25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, or a year's supply for 74 million average-sized homes.

Gallatin County planner Megan Gibson says her department has received about 140 letters in opposition.

The Outreach School and UW athletics are set to lose the largest percentage of their funding under the plan.

The group Friends of Animals said the scale of the roundup required more analysis including how the roundup would affect the herd's genetics.