Last week, a helicopter crew conducting an aerial moose survey spotted three suspected wolves traveling together in northeast Nevada near Merritt Mountain, north of Elko.
The Montana Supreme Court will decide whether a mining company can suck millions of gallons of water out of the ground and keep it for months without having to obtain a water-right permit.
Roughly 670,000 acres of salt marshes and swamps — greater than the land area of Rhode Island — disappeared between 2009 and 2019 in the contiguous 48 states, a congressional report released last week shows.
As increasing drought pushes western Montana toward a risky fire season, new University of Montana research indicates that wildfire suppression can worsen the effects of wildfire.
"While some wish to try and kill the bill by making it about something else, the reality is those now seeking to stop Senate Bill 442 are using the same cynical, divisive rhetoric to further divide us."
Nick Fitzmaurice writes, "All the pieces are available for NorthWestern Energy to plan for and execute a cleaner, more affordable energy system that doesn’t punish ratepayers. Montanans can’t afford to wait any longer."
Chris Servheen writes, "The mill has been an important local destination for logs harvested in Western Montana in thinning projects to reduce fire danger in the wildfire-urban interface."
The city created the poplar farm in the early 2000s to reduce its release of phosphorus and nitrogen into the Clark Fork River, beyond what the wastewater plant was capable of doing on its own.
Missoula County plans to seek an $80,000 state grant to increase the capacity of the local fire warden during critical fire conditions, it said Tuesday.
Skip Kowalski writes, "Although most of the Great Burn has been recommended and managed as Wilderness for decades, the newly revised plans will dictate whether the opportunity to be designated as Wilderness will be preserved for the next 15 to 30 years."