A Missoula federal judge heard oral arguments Tuesday on why the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has failed to recover the Bitterroot population of grizzly bears for the past two decades.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is putting $65 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law toward cleanups at three Superfund former mining sites in Montana, the agency announced Tuesday.
On Tuesday, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to emerge from hibernation.
Missoula County on Tuesday approved $50,000 in funding to aid a number of rural projects – including a community garden and skate park – recommended by the Parks and trails Advisory Board.
Various owners including MLH Montana, WestRock, International Paper Company and M2Green Redevelopment, owe a total of about $750,000 in back taxes on the Smurfit property. One hasn't paid since 2011.
Neva Hassanein writes, "Missoula has protected a lot of open space, mostly on the mountains for recreation and the viewshed. Yet, despite a prospering local food economy, we have not protected much productive agricultural land in and near the city."
The Montana House defeated some bills that would have allowed more wolf trapping and bear hunting in grizzly bear habitat. But other carnivore bills are moving forward that might affect grizzly delisting.
A federal judge lifted an injunction which prevented Caltrans from completing road improvements on two highways that run directly alongside the wild Smith River.