Jaedin Medicine Elk and Stephany Seay write, "The Montana Stockgrowers Association called buffalo advocates “selfish.” How absurd is that when it’s the livestock industry that wages the largest war against wildlife and wildlands?"
The Bitterroot National Forest announced that U.S. Critical Materials and U.S. Critical Metals Corp. had sent a Notice of Intent that they will begin exploring for rare-earth elements on their Sheep Creek claim this year.
Mandela van Eeden writes, "As an outdoor guide, sportswoman and third generation Montanan, I am deeply disappointed by Gov. Gianforte’s veto of Senate Bill 442."
A GoFundMe campaign was created to raise money for litigation against the Marvin Rehbein Asphalt Plant and Gravel Pit pending on land less than 3 miles north of Arlee on the Flathead Reservation.
Under a federal judge’s order on Friday, the U.S. Forest Service may continue fighting wildfires with aerial retardants while obtaining the required permit under the Clean Water Act.
Makenna Sellers writes, "We saw a myriad of policy attempts to make renewable energy less accessible and more expensive in Montana" at the Legislature.
Through the Lower Basin Plan, water officials stated that no one in Arizona would need to cut back on their water use, allowing the states some breathing room to find long-term solutions for the Colorado River.