Conservation

The National Conservation Legacy Center will be a world-class museum and learning center to highlight the history and conservation efforts of the U.S. Forest Service.

The U.S. government recently recognized the harm caused by the dams and has promised to work to restore salmon runs but tribal members doubt much will change.

Katie Bilodeu writes, "Some argue that recreationists are the best wilderness advocates. But if a climber only cares about Wilderness so long as she can use fixed anchors, or a biker only cares about Wilderness insofar as he can bike there, do these folks really care about Wilderness? "

The Department of Fish and Wildlife is updating its State Wildlife Action Plan, a roadmap for how the state should focus conservation efforts and what species and habitats to prioritize.

The question of how to regulate increasing recreation on streams is a thorny one that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has struggled with for years, but another study group has been created to seek some answers.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hopes that shooting the invasive owls will help the survival of native spotted owls.

Missoula County on Tuesday agreed to partner with the National Wildlife Federation to test a mechanism intended to keep beavers near Seeley Lake from damming up a culvert off Woodworth Road.

Biologists studied three different conservation techniques to see which provided the most food and pest protection for commercial pollinators

Researchers are considering the many ecological factors that impact the species, including predator roles, habitat changes, population distribution and human modifications to the landscape.

Colorado, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and other states have lost their integrated wood products infrastructure and struggle to sustainably manage their forests. Montana must not go down that road.