environment

In a state that offers roughly 30 million acres of protected federal and state land and the third-lowest population density in the U.S., there are more opportunities to explore the night sky in Montana than just its parks.

The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement the closure is meant to reduce entanglement risk to the whales as they forage off the Golden State’s coast.

A dispute over five acres around Portland General Electric's plant along the Willamette River has raised questions about tribal fishing rights.

All four members of the state’s congressional delegation have taken a stance against federal transfer of lands in recent weeks.

The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will keep funds frozen in Citibank accounts while a federal suit over the program is ongoing.

Sally Schrank writes, "The governor has the power of the veto pen to protect the Montana way of life and ensure the wisdom enshrined in our constitution lasts for future generations."

If approved, the proposal by the Trump administration would rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act and clear the way for habitat destruction.

Missoula County on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Museum of Life and Sciences to conduct a heat monitoring campaign later this year.

Scientists discovered the first ankylosaurid footprints in Canada, proving club-tailed dinosaurs lived in North America during a previously documented fossil gap.

George Wuerthner writes, "One has to presume that if forests have survived for tens of millions of years without human intervention, they certainly don't need any now."