Major Forest Service policies could be changing. Here’s what’s at stake.
Proposed revisions to the Roadless Rule and Travel Management Rule could reshape how millions of acres of public lands are accessed, managed and protected.
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Zinke launches last-minute wilderness/recreation bill
A River Runs Through It Act would protect parts of Blackfoot River watershed, open others to logging and motorized use
Court: BLM can’t push American Prairie bison off grazing leases
Judge temporarily rejects federal, state claims that nonprofit’s buffalo aren’t livestock
Decades later, Upper Clark Fork River still struggling under Superfund
Repair work from a century-old Montana mining disaster is moving stubbornly forward. Officials believe it could last another 12 years.
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What’s the real cost of backcountry rescue?
It’s complicated. But the bill might be lower than you expect.
NorthWestern Energy’s power plan found ‘deficient’ by independent review
Montana Public Service Commission orders utility to address flaws for how it will provide affordable power.
The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.
Full suppression and reorganization: Inside a changed world of wildland firefighting.
Sand Creek Fire burns over Maverick Mountain, most of resort spared
Wildfire’s explosive early growth stalls under mid-August rainfall as owners brace for return of dry weather.
Smoke plumes have unique fingerprints. They’re all bad for your health.
Wildfires are pushing smoke around Greater Yellowstone and across the country. But one fire’s smoke may be harsher than another’s.
Maverick Mountain faces Montana’s largest fire as August heats up
Red flag warnings, dry conditions amplify risks as 80 new wildfires start in last week.
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MORE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
Proposed tar sands pipeline in eastern Montana hits stumbling block
State environmental regulators have canceled a waiver previously granted for a ‘Keystone light’ pipeline through eastern Montana. It’s bigger than Keystone XL.
New heat map reveals Missoula’s hot spots
The temperature is rising. What if your neighborhood makes it 20 degrees hotter?
Angling restricted on two dozen rivers in Montana, Yellowstone National Park
As temperatures rise and streamflows fall, government officials partially or fully close regional blue-ribbon trout streams to fishing.
Federal project aims to restore Greater Yellowstone’s whitebark pine forests
Disease-resistant trees and climate-refugia mapping are driving ambitious plans to bring back iconic, threatened alpine tree.
How two exploratory mining projects could shape the headwaters of iconic Montana rivers
What a pair of proposals in pursuit of critical minerals can tell us about environmental reviews under Trump 2.0.
Montana is selling more state trust land than it’s buying
It’s been nearly a decade since the Land Board has purchased new trust land under the state’s 23-year-old ‘land banking’ program. Public-land advocates worry the state is leaving access opportunities on the table.
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