Forest Service tentatively approves Crazy Mountain land swap
The U.S. Forest Service announced that it has tentatively approved a land swap several years in the making involving more than 15 square miles of land located in two Montana mountain ranges.
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‘Turning a corner’: Stakeholders cautiously optimistic about clean-up of Smurfit-Stone pulp mill
More than a decade after a pulp mill along the Clark Fork River closed, stakeholders are encouraged by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s pledge to assess contamination risks posed by climate change.
Discovery Ski Area goes solar
Discovery Ski Area anticipates a new solar array supported by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will offset the electricity demand for one of its primary chair lifts by 70% — and shave $11,000 off the business’ annual power bill. Funding available to support such projects has increased substantially since Congress passed the Inflation Reduction…
Environmental groups challenge logging project bordering Yellowstone National Park
In a notice of intent to sue the Custer Gallatin National Forest, the Center for Biological Diversity, Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Council on Wildlife and Fish argue that the South Plateau Project’s clear-cuts, commercial thinning and road-building will threaten grizzly bears and lynx, both of which are federally protected under the Endangered Species…
Solenex will retire last oil and gas lease in Badger-Two Medicine
The Sept. 1 settlement puts to rest a decades-old fight over energy development in a remote area of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest bordering the Blackfeet Reservation.
EPA scales back federal wetland protections to comply with Supreme Court order
Federal rules codifying which waterways are afforded Clean Water Act protections under the “Waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, rule have been changed once more, continuing a back-and-forth regulatory saga shaped by presidential administration changes and court rulings going back at least a decade.
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The clock is running out on President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau’s self-imposed deadline to address coal-mining pollution flowing into U.S. waterways.
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As summer winds down, Glacier National Park seeks input on ticketed entry system
Glacier Park officials held back-to-back open-house meetings — one on the east side at St. Mary and another on the west side in Columbia Falls — to gather input on the ticketed entry system it has used to manage visitation during the peak summer months.
Yellowstone presents alternative bison strategies in draft plan
Yellowstone National Park is soliciting feedback on a proposal outlining strategies for managing bison, a long-awaited document that will guide how the park manages the animals in coordination with state and tribal wildlife officials. The plan has implications for population objectives and where bison will be tolerated outside of park boundaries.
‘This changes everything’: Experts respond to Held v. Montana climate ruling
The ruling by Lewis and Clark District Court Judge Kathy Seeley is the first legal opinion of its kind, spelling out the environmental harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions as well as the effects of climate change on the physical and mental well-being of young people.
Bad actor suspected in Yellowstone brook trout discovery
Scientific evidence still lacks, but signs point toward an illegal introduction of nonnative trout in already restored Soda Butte Creek.
Melville ranch adds solar, joins growing number in Montana taking advantage of federal grants
From the roof of J Bar L’s barn, a glint of glass reflected from where newly installed solar panels convert sunlight into electricity for powering lights, running power tools and pumping water to stock tanks for the little over a thousand cows that will winter on their ranch in Melville, north of Big Timber.
Judge rules in favor of youth plaintiffs in Montana climate lawsuit
The judge overseeing the first-of-its-kind climate trial ruled in favor of 16 young plaintiffs, deeming two laws related to the state’s environmental review process unconstitutional.
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