Taking into account anticipated mortality rates, Zack Bashoor estimates that the regeneration process will yield approximately one and a quarter million trees over a span of three years.
As the threatened grizzly bear population grows, interactions with ranchers and cattle have prompted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sign off on up to 72 bear kills over the next decade.
Conservationists and government accountability advocates pushed back on attacks of a proposed Bureau of Land Management rule that would clarify the BLM’s authority and duty to restore and conserve public lands as mandated under an existing law.
Congressman Matt Rosendale continued to deride the Department of Interior and its efforts to better conserve public lands and protect natural resources in a Wednesday hearing.
Lucy Dayton writes, "So much for being objective as a public land steward and listening to the American public, who recognize Holland Lake and public lands as a crucial corridor for wildlife."
Drug needles, trash, violence and other concerns mounting in areas around Missoula as a result of urban camping prompted the City Council on Wednesday to declare an emergency and change an ordinance allowing officials to move homeless campers from city parks, trails and conservation lands.