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Missoula Current
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![Groups sue to give western wolves Endangered Species protection](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-wolves3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Groups sue to give western wolves Endangered Species protection
Because wolf management in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming has become more harmful since 2021 to individual wolves and to pack solidarity, the wildlife groups are arguing that the USFWS didn’t do a good analysis before deciding that listing was not warranted.
![Wye planning envisions 15,000 homes, small city in 50 years](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/04/attachment-Wye.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Wye planning envisions 15,000 homes, small city in 50 years
While the population of Missoula County in 1975 was little more than 67,000 residents – the City of Missoula even less – it has since grown more than 80%, now housing more than 121,000 people.
![Viewpoint: This planting season, go native!](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/02/flowers-biodiversity.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: This planting season, go native!
Collard Sneed writes, "Our modest native plantings attract chickadees, juncos, wrens, kinglets, and other native birds, many of them feeding on the insects that the plants produce."
![Harmon’s Histories: About Savannah Guthrie’s 2-week TV career in Butte: Sorry!](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/04/attachment-Photo-NBC-Savannah-Guthrie-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Harmon’s Histories: About Savannah Guthrie’s 2-week TV career in Butte: Sorry!
Dear Savannah Guthrie, I’m sorry I fired you. It’s actually true. Your humble history columnist actually did fire (well, “laid off”) the one and only Savannah Guthrie, in what became known as “Black Friday” in Butte: October 30, 1993.
![Viewpoint: Montana needs leader to improve schools, education](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/04/attachment-Shannon-OBrien.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Montana needs leader to improve schools, education
Shannon O'Brien writes, "We’ve essentially abandoned our schools in the last eight years under the current state leadership. Now more than ever, we need effective and competent leadership to regain the ground that has been lost. We can do better, we must do better."
![Missoula County contract to aid pursuit of green power program](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/07/Mountain-Line.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula County contract to aid pursuit of green power program
The push to create and adopt a green power program was memorialized with NorthWestern Energy in 2020, and the effort has advanced each year since.
![Viewpoint: Support the 2024 levies in Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/11/Fire-Department.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Support the 2024 levies in Missoula
Ale Fregerio writes, "The impact of $33 a month varies greatly among individuals and families in our community. For some, it's the daily cup of coffee; for others, it's the difference between making ends meet or falling behind on payments."
![Viewpoint: Yet another ‘reform’ committee](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/court.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Yet another ‘reform’ committee
James Nelson writes, "The Judicial branch is preforming its constitutional duty to check and balance the legislative and executive branches—which, since 2021, are hell-bent on stripping Montanans of their fundamental rights."
![Viewpoint: Missoula fire levy a community investment](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/11/Fire-Department.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Missoula fire levy a community investment
Andy Drobeck writes, "This mill levy is an investment in the safety of our growing number of citizens. Missoula needs a fire department that serves the Missoula we are now."
![Stone-Manning in Missoula: BLM busy, needs more people](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/08/attachment-Stone-Manning.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Stone-Manning in Missoula: BLM busy, needs more people
Three things are pushing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management director to get a lot done by the end of this year: the effects of climate change, the needs of future generations, and the end of President Joe Biden’s first term