Conservation

More fishermen are coming to Montana for the experience of reeling in a mountain trout. But climate change is steadily warming the rivers, hurting not only the trout but eventually the economies that depend on angling tourists, according to a recent study.

Against the will of many Montana hunters, the 2021 Legislature passed House Bill 637, a hodgepodge of items proposed by the FWP Directors Office, that included spending about $1 million on a pheasant stocking program.

The letter, addressed to Bureau Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton, asks her department to prioritize permanent solutions as opposed to temporary fixes with $4 billion dedicated to addressing drought.

Phil Knight and George Wuerthner write, "The impacts of industrial civilization and its addiction to fossil fuels is wreaking havoc on the Earth’s life-support systems. We need to take many steps to curb our consumption and try to blunt the impacts of climate change and other unfolding disasters."

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partners allocated more than $1 million in grants across Washington to enhance wildlife habitat and restore landscapes charred by wildfire.

Natalie Hanson OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Environmental advocates claim in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Biden administration ignored the best available science by denying endangered species protections for some West Coast fishers. I...

Volunteers are working alongside a biologist from the University of Memphis to identify, classify, and record the behavior of bighorn sheep in Glacier National Park.

State agencies and conservation groups claim the Winchester Dam in Roseburg, Oregon, is hazardous and further endangering Coho salmon. Owners of the dam say accusations are fabricated.

The massive composting site diverts thousands of tons of organic waste from the landfill each year. Tree limbs, food waste and even solid material extracted from the city's wastewater are turned into rich, fertile soil through the composting process.

The debate over a 150-year-old wagon road that has been “lost” for more than a century resurfaced this week as Missoula County moves closer to considering whether it will vacate the alleged road once and for all or reinvent it to allow public access across private land to the Bitterroot River.