Environment

Just 22 species were added to the federally protected list under Trump’s first term and zero have been added in his second term, data reveals

The University of Montana’s top-ranked Wildlife Biology Program recently named Heather Johnson the new Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife Conservation.

Montana doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the 10th Circuit Court, which decided a Wyoming corner crossing case in favor of hunters last year.

Missoula knew the Trump administration had its sights on U.S. Forest Service regional offices, but Tuesday’s announcement of the final reorganization went far beyond what was predicted in July.

A coalition of environmental groups is once again suing the U.S. Forest Service for green-lighting an exploratory mine under the Cabinet Mountains.

The headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service will move from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday, a move the agency described as a “common-sense approach to improve mission delivery.”

A federal judge identified shortcomings in the U.S. Forest Service's approval of the projects but didn't think they were so significant as to require vacating the agency's decisions all together.

The alterations came during President Donald Trump's first term, after he ordered a rollback of "unnecessary regulatory burdens."

The Bitterroot National Forest on Monday said that a mining company that owns mineral rights near the West Fork of the Bitterroot River has rescinded its draft plan for exploration of the Sheep Creek Project in order to submit a revised proposal by the end of April.

Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan filed their notice of intent to sue on Tuesday over a 130,000 acre logging project set along the western edge of Hungry Horse Reservoir.