Environment

The ballot initiative to ban single-use plastics in Bozeman approved last month by voters was dealt a blow this week when the Montana Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision.

Law establishes pilot program in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to permit the decontamination of 15 low-risk, abandoned mines established before 1980.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wants anglers to help eliminate the newest nonnative fish illegally introduced into Placid Lake.

Missoula County this week gave its official “concurrence' to the City Council's decision to spend $1.7 million from the 2018 Open Space Bond on several projects within city limits.

A conservation group told a Montana judge that the Forest Service's plan to swap nonnative rainbow trout with Yellowstone cutthroat trout by poisoning the waterways blatantly overlooks the impact on the wilderness.

Montana's high court agreed certain environmental laws violate the state's constitutional right to a healthy environment.

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial.

Some federal decisions related to grizzly bears are imminent, but so too are budget cutbacks and leadership changes that could affect grizzly management.

The Montana Land Board approved some additional language for the deed of the Great Montana Outdoors Conservation Easement that would emphasize that the easement wouldn’t stop exploration of the land’s mineral rights.

The property, located just west of the airport, is bisected by LaValle creek and includes 150 acres of working ag lands, along with 65 acres of wetlands prized by the Montana Audubon Society for its habitat.