When Trout Unlimited set out to inventory more than 40 streams in the upper Bitterroot River watershed, it focused on key fisheries and projects that could, if implemented, have the greatest impact in restoring bull trout habitat. As a result of that inventory, the West Fork of the Bitterroot River and an irrigation ditch flowing from the Bitterroot National Forest to a plot … [Read more...] about Trout Unlimited, Missoula bank work toward West Fork, Rattlesnake creek restoration

(CN) Climbing out of the valley north of Missoula, Montana, we encountered smoke. But it wasn’t until a few miles before the entrance to Glacier National Park that the nostrils began to burn and the air reeked of campfire. Attentive readers of my two most recent dispatches likely concluded fire was why my friend and I didn’t get far into the park. They would be … [Read more...] about Dispatches from the road: Three miles of Glacier National Park

Despite the deepening impacts of climate change, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines on Friday praised a Trump administration proposal to roll back emission standards in the Clean Power Plan, saying it was needed to boost the coal industry and protect jobs. Opponents, including those in Montana, blasted the move as an environmental disaster. This week, the Environmental Protection … [Read more...] about Daines praises EPA’s rollback of emission standards; opponents fear environmental disaster

(CN) – Completely offsetting the effects of burning coal for electricity in the United States would require covering 89 percent of the nation in forests, according to a new study. Burning coal to create electricity puts carbon into the atmosphere and has been shown to affect climate change. One way to offset that carbon production is to sequester the carbon in the ground or … [Read more...] about Study: Vast forests needed to offset effects of burning coal for electricity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syU1rRCp7E8&feature=youtu.be As world leaders negotiate rules for cutting greenhouse gas emissions at the COP24 meeting in Poland, U.S. cities have a vested interest in the outcome. About 85 percent of Americans live in cities, and urban areas produce some 80 percent of our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. Many cities are highly … [Read more...] about From pledges to action: U.S. cities are key to fight against climate change