Laura Lundquist
Election-conspiracy group tries to revive fraud claims from Missoula primary
An election-conspiracy group backed by a Trump-related think-tank is suing the Missoula County elections office over the 2020 election, even after local Republicans found no evidence of fraud.
Hunters to Rosendale: Don’t gut federal conservation funding
The Montana Wildlife Federation called on Rep. Matthew Rosendale to withdraw his co-sponsorship of a bill that has the main intent of removing all taxes from the sales of guns and ammunition but would also potentially gut Pittman-Robertson Act funding for state fish and wildlife agencies.
EPA administrator talks Smurfit cleanup with Missoula County
If the new regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency learned anything from her meeting with Missoula County, it was that those wanting to clean up the Smurfit-Stone mill site are frustrated.
Missoula Bear Smart Hazard Assessment: Bears aren’t the problem – people are
Chris Servheen, former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Grizzly Bear coordinator and Missoula Bear Smart Working Group member, said the big takeaway from the Hazard Assessment is that bears aren’t the problem. Human behavior is the problem.
Climate change groups in Missoula protest renewed federal oil, gas leases
Missoula-based 350 Montana joined other environmental groups across the nation in protesting the Biden administration’s continuation of oil and gas lease sales on public land.
Arlee residents oppose gravel pit planned near Garden of Buddhas
One of the more contemplative places in western Montana – the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas – may soon be far less peaceful if the state approves a gravel pit northeast of Arlee.
Groups oppose Kootenai logging project in grizzly habitat
After a two-year delay to comply with a court order, the Kootenai National Forest has once again approved one of five large logging projects among old-growth forests and a grizzly bear recovery area in northwest Montana.
Montana DEQ upholds Koocanusa selenium limits as feds pursue investigation
Water in Lake Koocanusa already exceeds the DEQ standard, coming in at more than 1 microgram per liter due to pollution from coal mining in British Columbia’s Elk River Valley just north of the lake.
Wildlife recovery funding awaits Senate vote after House victory – without Rosendale
Montana’s 2015 wildlife action plan lists 128 at-risk species. Almost 50 are in critical need of conservation, from the western toad and harlequin duck to the black-footed ferret and grizzly bear.
Citizens’ group proposes conservation-driven plan for western Montana forests
Frustrated with what’s happened in the past and what they say are the Forest Service’s skewed priorities, the Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Task Force, a regional conservation coalition, has published its own plan proposal in advance of Lolo and Bitterroot national forest efforts.