Environment

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday to revive a lawsuit against the federal government by two Montana property owners who say a public road brought increased traffic, trespassers and theft.

After discovering that the Flathead National Forest has allowed an out-of-state corporation to make some changes to the Holland Lake Lodge property, three watchdog groups have warned the Forest Service that it’s breaking federal law.

Residents of the Rattlesnake won what few other neighborhoods have received in recent years, that being a 21-acre conservation easement set in the middle of the neighborhood.

The effort to craft a green tariff in partnership with NorthWestern Energy is set to reach a milestone in the coming weeks with the signing of an agreement between the project's partners.

The resort expansion has been mired in controversy after missteps by the Forest Service.

Research links cedar death to climate, details which trees are dying, which are surviving and shows how the species might be saved.

Missoula County will receive a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Forest Service to mitigate the risk of wildfire in the urban interface.

The bill would increase the cap on payments from $25,000 to $50,000 to open private lands for hunting access.

The groups oppose the project because all but 1,200 acres of the project lies within core habitat of the Cabinet-Yaak Grizzly Bear Recovery Area.

As the threatened grizzly bear population grows, interactions with ranchers and cattle have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sign off on up to 72 bear kills over the next decade.