Tom Puchlerz writes, "The fragmentation of our sagebrush ecosystem is not only hurting sage grouse, but other wildlife and ecological communities that depend on it."
The US National Resources Conservation Service released its final monthly water supply outlook report, which confirmed that much of western Montana is still looking dry, in spite of the moisture and cool weather that accompanied May.
Thanks to recent funding, the Missoula Office of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has upped its capacity to provide native pine seedlings to a wide variety of federal, state, tribal and private reforestation projects around the region.
Grizzly bear advocates claim the federals government has fallen short on its obligation to protect federally protected wildlife from black bear baiting in Idaho and Wyoming.
Three members of a Grizzly Bear Coalition on Wednesday delivered a petition containing more than 100,000 signatures to Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
The Legislature passed MEPA in 1971, creating a state policy for using public input to help evaluate projects or activities that could affect Montana’s land, air and water, such as mining or managing waste.