With locally sourced food growing in popularity and importance, Missoula County on Tuesday placed its support behind a countywide food assessment and pledged to provide any data to support the effort. It also backed the Community Food and Agriculture Coalition's pursuit of a competitive USDA grant to help fund the assessment. “This money would cover a county-wide food … [Read more...] about Missoula County backs plans to study local food production, consumption and barriers

Montana State Parks has installed new technology to help managers learn more about park visitation. With the huge increase in state population and tourism over the past year, the information is critical to preserving park conditions. On Monday, Region 2 State Park manager Loren Flynn told the Missoula County Commission that state parks started installing new counters last year … [Read more...] about New infrared counters help State Parks track visitors

In an otherwise slow Monday night, the Missoula City Council answered a request by the mayor to vacate a small sliver of grass near the downtown Holiday Inn to stay in accordance with federal park regulations. Vacating the right-of-way won't result in any changes, other than bookkeeping and an extra $27 paid annually to the Business Improvement District. “It's just going … [Read more...] about City Council vacates downtown right-of-way to meet federal parkland requirements

At the end of the session, the Legislature passed a bill that had language inserted at the last minute that basically guarantees hunting outfitters more nonresident hunting clients. Other bills carrying the same language died in committee. On Thursday, House Bill 637 was on its way to the governor’s desk after the House and Senate voted to pass subsequent amendments on mostly … [Read more...] about Benefits for hunting outfitters snuck into FWP bill headed for Gianforte’s desk

As a parent concerned about the climate crisis and my child's future, this has been a frustrating and often disheartening legislative session. As I've been reflecting, my biggest takeaway is that we need to be having more conversations about what matters to us and what we hope for our families’ futures -- with everyone in our lives, but especially those who seem to disagree … [Read more...] about Sustainable Missoula: Nourishing a thriving future