Environment

In 2025 the Legislature established a program to fund wildlife crossings over roadways, and the license plate is anticipated to raise around $100,000 annually, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

The Blue Copper Project is a large-scale copper, gold, silver and tungsten exploration operation near the Continental Divide approximately 6 miles northeast of Avon.

Two Montana organizations are suing the state of Montana for not responding to an information request in enough time to allow the public to properly oppose mine exploration in the upper Blackfoot Valley.

Federal plans for millions of acres of land could be invalid under a new interpretation of a 1996 law.

The notice, issued by the USFS Northern Regional office in Missoula, said that the “emergency salvage” effort is a response to the straight-line and high wind events in December 2025 and April 2026.

The state of Montana has finally recognized that algae is degrading the Big Hole River, but one watchdog wants the state to act quicker to fix the problem.

The state is growing hundreds of thousands of native plants, trees, and shrubs in small greenhouses and fields dotting an 80-acre parcel in a program that will become a centenarian next year.

Snow in Idaho, western Montana, the Washington Cascades and Snake River Basin melted two to five weeks earlier than normal, and in parts of the Oregon Cascades, mountain snowpack melted two months earlier than normal.

Hunters, anglers and public land watchdogs are suing the Montana Land Board for not providing enough notice or opportunity to comment before passing a rule to streamline state land swaps.

Since 2021, UDASH river shuttles have averaged over 1,700 trips each season.