Environment

The steep costs of the fire season coupled with the sparse acres that burned have raised questions about the state’s approach to wildfires.

Prompted by two Trump executive orders, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing changes to its Endangered Species Act rules, including one that would potentially reduce protections for species considered to be threatened.

As wildlife advocates make a second try to limit Montana’s wolf season, a judge’s decision may come down to the unreliability of the state’s wolf population estimates.

More Blackfoot valley residents are becoming aware of a gravel pit proposed within yards of the Blackfoot River, and they’ve added their names to a petition asking the Missoula County Board of Commissioners for help.

As Montana’s streams continue to dwindle in the continuing drought, a diverse group of organizations and individuals are once again challenging Montana’s rule on exempt wells, saying the state has repeatedly ignored court rulings.

SEV Enterprises, owned by Peter and Kristen von Doersten, are donating the proposed 23-acre Gleneagle Conservation Easement to the city.

Funds remaining in the 2006 Open Space Bond could be fully expended if the City of Missoula adopts a resolution updating the funding sources for two conservation projects, which have already been approved.

A coalition of landowners, cities and conservationists accuse the state of letting developers bypass permitting and skip the line for water use.

Even though a vast majority of the American public supports the federal Public Lands Rule, the Trump administration wants to rescind it.

A working group started laying out their desires for what trails and roads they want to see in the Fish Creek State Park and Wildlife Management Area.