Great Falls group petitions for slaughterhouse study
Citizens and the city commission want the state to study environmental impacts of what would be the largest food processing plant in the U.S.
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Whose Crazies are they?
How the Crazy Mountains became ground zero in Montana’s most vexing land-use debate.
What’s next for water quality?
Montana is positioned to become the first state to strike numeric standards for nitrogen and phosphorus — just six years after becoming the first state to adopt them. How Montana will enforce water quality instead isn’t yet clear.
Conservation groups challenge logging project on Rocky Mountain Front
Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking the U.S. District Court in Great Falls to stop a 10,331-acre noncommercial logging and prescribed burn project in a roadless area southwest of Augusta.
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Haaland creates climate task force, pledges to address environmental injustices
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issues two new orders prioritizing climate change and environmental justice.
Legislature passes black bear, grizzly bear and wolf proposals
Three proposals that seek to change how bears and wolves are managed in Montana passed out of the Legislature Wednesday on largely Republican support. The bills headed to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk in the coming weeks illustrate a deep divide between how Republican and Democratic lawmakers think about managing predators in the state.
Property rights v. public good
A new ‘regulatory takings’ bill aims to give citizens a path to reimbursement for value lost due to government regulation. Critics say it could gut the state’s ability to enforce environmental and public health rules.
Fort Belknap Tribes: DEQ failed to consult with tribes on Zortman site proposal
A Fort Belknap Tribes lawsuit says DEQ failed to consult with the tribes on Zortman site exploration proposal.
Grizzlies in Lower 48 to retain threatened status
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which administers the Endangered Species Act, is recommending that grizzly bears in the Lower 48 retain threatened status in the near-term, following the recent release of a five-year status review.
Withholding energy assistance
Senate Bill 237 would void fines incurred by NorthWestern Energy for its failure to follow the state’s renewable energy standards.
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Daines co-sponsors bill to delist grizzlies
Five Republican senators from western states have signed on to the Grizzly Bear State Management Act, which would remove Endangered Species Act protections from Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly bears.
Montana joins multistate lawsuit challenging Biden’s revocation of Keystone XL permit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen are the lead plaintiffs on the complaint, which argues that Biden unlawfully changed energy policy set by Congress.
Conservation groups blast marijuana bill that steers revenues into General Fund
A draft version of the bill implementing recreational cannabis would send more money into the state General Fund and prohibit people from growing at home unless they have a medical marijuana card.
‘Reimbursement’ or ‘bounty’?
SB 267 would allow for reimbursement of hunting expenses, and SB 314 would remove bag limits and legalize baiting and spotlighting.
‘Historic moment’: Senate confirms first Indigenous cabinet secretary
Senate confirms Deb Haaland as secretary of Interior Department.
The giving trees
Trump’s Forest Service OKed logging in the Yaak River Valley. Environmentalists hope Biden will turn it into a ‘climate refuge.’
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