‘We’ve reached a historic compromise on a century-old dispute that protects the water rights of all Montanans,’ Daines said Thursday.
Coronavirus
Coronavirus and price war batter Montana’s oil industry
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“It’s kind of almost a perfect storm between what’s happening in the economy because of the coronavirus and how production numbers have climbed.”
Keystone XL
Anti-pipeline activists return to court to stop Keystone XL — again
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Roughly 30 protesters rallied against the pipeline, garnering honks of solidarity and engines revved in counterprotest.
Montana’s Great Prairie Experiment
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The Nature Conservancy, ranchers, and the American Prairie Reserve have different ideas for the future of this land. But maybe they don’t have to choose at all.
National Bison Range
Refuge conveyance sparks concern about public land transfers, and a disclaimer
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The transfer is “not intended, and shall not be interpreted, to establish a precedent for any other situation regarding Federal land, property, or facilities.”
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 56 — Hal Herring on the movement to privatize America’s public lands
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“We should know who’s driving that debate, and what is at stake for us, and our children and grandchildren.”
National Park Service
Trump budget proposes ‘insulting’ cuts to national parks already burdened with backlogs
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All three members of Montana’s congressional delegation are sponsors of the Restore Our Parks Act.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 55 — Butte-based journalist Kathleen McLaughlin talks Superfund cleanups, coronavirus coverups, and press freedom at home and abroad
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“Political leaders who jump on this bandwagon of yelling about ‘fake news’ are giving away one of the pillars of our [democratic] system.”
Wildlife
Chronic wasting disease is creating a ‘new reality’ in Montana. Wildlife managers say they’ll need money to keep up.
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The high number and wide dispersal of positive results in 2019 demonstrates that the neurodegenerative disease has likely been on the landscape for a while.