Three organizations are suing the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest for failing to fully consider how a large logging and burning project might affect grizzly bears and Canada lynx.
After an eight-year break, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will resume efforts to shrink the invasive lake trout population in Swan Lake in order to save threatened bull trout.
The state argues that the statute the judge struck down as unconstitutional could not solely be responsible for climate change and so the case never should have been decided in the first place.
FWP said it was opening another round because the department wanted to be sure it hadn’t violated state laws requiring FWP to notify county commissioners of the opportunity to comment.
Westerners are relatively consistent in their appreciation of wildlife and public land, but a recent poll registered the highest support for the prioritization of conservation over energy development, regardless of party affiliation.
Maddy Munson writes, "Wild Montana is focused on protecting five areas within the Lolo. Here’s how those areas fare in the proposed action and what we recommend for their management."
The politicians say the new national monument near the Grand Canyon wasn’t created to preserve sacred Native American land and protect the ecosystem as the president proclaimed, but instead to halt mining operations.
While the report paints a picture of decline and threat of extinction for many species, it also underscores a beacon of hope from concerted conservation efforts.
People in western Montana are keeping a close eye on a potential rare-earth metals mine in the Bitterroot Mountains, but the U.S. Forest Service says nothing is happening yet.