environment

Missoula County plans to lend its voice to the Forest Service's consideration of a recreation company's development plans for Holland Lake lodge, making it the latest to express concern over the proposal and what it sees as a lack of adequate review.

Kelsey Reichmann WASHINGTON (CN) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did not waste time during her first day on the bench as the Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a challenge against the government’s authority to regulate wetlands. “Why is it t...

In Washington, Oregon and Idaho, where people are trying to save Pacific salmon runs, ditches have to have screens. So those states have programs, money and staff to install and maintain fish screens. But salmon runs don’t reach into Montana.

The resolution, which passed on Monday night, sets the stage for further policies and practices that could take any number of forms, from requiring bear-proof containers in buffer zones around Missoula to a countywide sanitation district, where trash would be collected as part of a property's taxes.

Volunteers and staff with the Watershed Education Network took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather last week to wade into Rattlesnake Creek and collect aquatic insects in the area that once held the dam and its reservoir.

Although temperatures have started to drop now that autumn is underway, Montana and many other states in the northern U.S. are getting hotter — and staying hot for longer

Dale Harris writes, "As Interior Secretary, Monica’s opponent Ryan Zinke opened public lands to commercial exploitation by oil, gas and mining corporations. He still works for those interests."

In late May, some Arlee residents were shocked to learn that Rehbein proposed to build a 12-foot-deep, 160-acre gravel pit and asphalt plant within a half-mile of the Garden of One Thousand Buddhas.

Mike Bader writes, "Thinking plans for an upscale four-season resort can be categorically excluded represents poor judgment. Unless checked, the agency will continue to sweep environmental injuries under the rug."

Florida asked for assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), a nationwide system that lets states request and share personnel during times of need.