Environment

The Center for Biological Diversity sent a 60-day notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declaring its intent to sue if the agency doesn’t develop a national recovery plan for the gray wolf as required by the Endangered Species Act.

Converting the relatively new rock roof into a “living roof” will help the city comply with stormwater regulations and various control measures.

Legislators are asking for federal funding to mine rare-earth metals and critical elements in Montana, but some want to limit the funding to specific types of projects.

While the news releases are an improvement over the illegal no-notice amendments that commissioners passed last year, some sportsmen are concerned that resident hunters might not be aware of some of these last-minute proposals.

A domestic elk that escaped from an eastern Idaho domestic elk facility and was killed by a hunter outside of the facility’s fence has tested negative for chronic wasting disease, state officials said.

Several organizations and hundreds of citizens have petitioned the state of Montana to suspend the issuance of wastewater discharge permits under minimal water quality standards.

Three organizations are suing to stop the Forest Service from logging in a remote region of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest that serves as important habitat for threatened wildlife.

A Flathead County judge disagreed with the state’s arguments that a lawsuit challenging a wastewater permit should be dismissed.

The steep costs of the fire season coupled with the sparse acres that burned have raised questions about the state’s approach to wildfires.

Prompted by two Trump executive orders, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing changes to its Endangered Species Act rules, including one that would potentially reduce protections for species considered to be threatened.