Environment

The largest piece of America’s incredible wealth of public lands is the 250 million acres overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In fact, the BLM manages 1 in 10 acres of surface area in the U.S., and 30% of the minerals. Now, the Biden administration has an unprecedented opportunity to increase BLM protections for important wildlife habitat, Indigenous peoples’ … [Read more...] about BLM has a chance to increase land protections and push back against climate change

As more wolves are killed around Yellowstone National Park, numerous groups are upping the pressure on both state and federal agencies to reduce or stop the death count. After the Associated Press reported on Jan. 6 that 20 wolves from packs residing in Yellowstone National Park have been shot and killed, concern has grown over what continued trapping could mean for tourism, … [Read more...] about Yellowstone businesses, wildlife advocates call for return of wolf quotas as death toll mounts

Have you noticed the haze hanging over the Missoula valley this week? This low cloud of pollutants, trapped by the wintertime inversion, is just one of the air quality issues that Missoula battles throughout the year. The other major issue, summer wildfire smoke, is unfortunately a bit more noticeable and unhealthy. Despite the tremendous access to outdoor spaces and wild … [Read more...] about Sustainable Missoula: Running up For (clean) Air – RUFA – is back

The earthquakes that woke Missoula residents in the early-morning hours of 2016 and again in the evening of 2020 opened new springs in the South Hills, which are now seeping onto city streets and causing a wide range of problems. But members of the Missoula City Council this week approved a nearly $400,000 service agreement with WGM Group to capture the water and divert it … [Read more...] about Cattail Corner and earthquake springs: City of Missoula to address South Hills runoff issues