environment

Petitions requesting to delist the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide grizzly bear populations provided enough information that the Service would begin a status review to determine whether they warranted delisting.

More than two dozen organizations and scientists have submitted criticisms of Montana’s proposed grizzly bear management plan, hinting at the hurdles that might hamper delisting.

To help protect habitat and open spaces, the Democrats want to push the Gianforte administration to fully fund Habitat Montana with the marijuana tax money as passed by voters in 2020.

Six of seven states in the Colorado River basin signed off on a consensus-based modeling alternative aimed at cutting water usage to stave off the dwindling water supply.

Missoula is lagging other Montana communities in becoming more bear-smart, but it may be able to benefit from new funding for communities wanting to prevent human-bear conflict.

Since 1918, the entire stretch of the Rio Grande has seen a 90% reduction of wetland habitat, according to a 2020 restoration feasibility study from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

When it refused to protect the arctic grayling in Montana, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ignored the best available science and made too many assumptions about voluntary conservation efforts, environmentalists say.

A draft analysis of an automotive wrecking yard proposed for property near the Missoula airport found the facility would have little impact on the environment or aesthetic values in the area.

The bill combines the Flathead Basin Commission and the Upper Columbia Conservation Commission, or UC3, into the Western Montana Conservation Commission.

Sarah Lundquist & Winona Bateman write, "Montanans are ready and the time is now for a just transition to clean energy."