
Missoula Current


County to consider Wye-area subdivision
Missoula County this week will consider an urban style housing project off Highway 93 near the Wye – an area slated for transition over the coming years.

FWP commission maintains push to reduce mountain lion populations
Biologists worry that mountain lions are possibly being over-hunted, so one Fish, Wildlife & Parks commissioner tried to apply the brakes in her region. She was overruled.

SPARK! Arts ignites educators with Iron Pour at UM
The event featured top teaching artists from across the country and was backed by the Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child initiative.

Viewpoint: Montana lawmakers must reject public land sell-off
Eric Melson writes, "Our public lands aren’t financial chips to be traded when budgets get tight. They’re part of who we are—and once sold, they’re gone forever."

Harmon’s Histories: Missoula churches fretted over attendance in 1890s
The issue of declining church attendance takes us back to June 25, 1890 when a letter to the editor of the Missoula Weekly Gazette, submitted by someone identifying himself as “An Old Deacon,” offered up his opinion on the subject.

Pride parades through downtown Missoula
The Pride parade drew thousands of people to downtown Missoula on Saturday.

Groups sue to stop Grant-Kohrs irrigation to protect bull trout
After the U.S. Department of Interior failed to uphold its part of a legal settlement, two organizations have renewed their lawsuit to try to save bull trout in the upper Clark Fork River.

Climate Connections: Bet on solar power
Abby Huseth writes, "It feels fitting to be going solar on the summer solstice, as we celebrate the longest day of the year and all that this season of abundant sunlight brings."

Viewpoint: Gutting USFS will damage wilderness, resources
Suzanne Cable writes, "The gutting of the Forest Service is just one example of a national crisis that will take years or decades to recover from once we, as a society, choose to stop the damage to our federal system of governance."

Conflicting court rulings bedevil wolf listing case
To be listed as “endangered,” the law says the species has to be “in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.” The definition of “threatened” is similar.