One woman was reportedly sent to Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic and a child was hospitalized after high arsenic levels showed up in household wells on a portion of the Flathead Reservation around Charlo. About two months ago, the Montana Department of Health and Human Services sent out 89 postcards warning homeowners living within a three-mile radius of Charlo, including Moiese and … [Read more...] about Charlo-area drinking water wells show dangerous levels of arsenic

With possible spring floods just around the corner, some are complaining that nothing has been done to keep chemical waste at the former Smurfit-Stone Mill site from contaminating the Clark Fork River again. Andrew Gorder of the Clark Fork Coalition told the Smurfit-Stone Community Advisory Group Thursday night that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Smurfit … [Read more...] about Clark Fork Coalition: Landowner, EPA dragging feet on millsite testing, cleanup

Six electric buses will join Missoula’s Mountain Line bus fleet this summer as Missoula tries to fight climate change by becoming less dependent on fossil fuels. On Thursday, bus riders and city leaders gathered in the Mountain Line Downtown Transfer Center to celebrate the projected arrival of the electric buses and tout the achievements of the Mountain Line Zero-Fare … [Read more...] about Six electric buses bound for Missoula as Mountain Line upgrades to climate-friendly fleet

Montanans should cherish the past few days of snow, because the snowpack in most of the state's mountains was below average at the end of January and far below last year’s accumulation. Statewide, Montana’s January snowpack was about 90 percent of average and about three-quarters of what it was last year, according to the Feb. 1 Natural Resources Conservation Service water … [Read more...] about Statewide snowpack lags far behind 2018; western Montana shows largest deficit

After the Montana Supreme Court ruled that the state Land Board has no authority over Fish, Wildlife & Parks easements, legislators are pushing back with a bill that would create that authority. Rep. Kerry White’s bill, House Bill 265, would give the five-member Land Board authority to overturn FWP Commission approval of conservation easements larger than 100 acres or … [Read more...] about Bill seeks to give Land Board authority over FWP conservation easements