Environment

The justices disregarded a warning from fossil fuel industry groups that the Biden administration’s new rule would destabilize the energy grid.

The draft environmental study of the next version of the Lolo National Forest management plan will be delayed until fall 2025 to allow the Lolo revision team to adjust to some new national requirements.

A new report shows how human activity has caused wildlife populations to shrink worldwide by an average of 73% over the past 50 years.

One of Montana’s tribal groups opposes a federal proposal to cap and contain industrial pollution at a Columbia Falls plant, saying it could continue to affect their fishing treaty rights on the Flathead River.

The Blackfoot Challenge, with the help of the University of Montana, is gathering input on recreation issues across the Blackfoot watershed so it can come up with some options for managing recreation.

A new agreement struck between Missoula County and two Lolo landowners will soon provide legal public access from a popular local park to the Bitterroot River.

Located near Condon in prime grizzly habitat, the 150-acre parcel will add to the growing block of conservation easements in the area.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 2 in Missoula has finalized its recreation “strategy” for Fish Creek State Park and the surrounding Fish Creek Wildlife Management Area west of Missoula.

The state of Montana has chosen to update the way it monitors certain water pollutants, but some water watchdogs are calling the changes a step backward.

A team of scientists led by the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station and the Karuk Tribe of Northern California recently discovered blooms of toxin-producing cyanobacteria in apparently pristine streams.