sustainability

Andi Armstrong writes, "Although rising construction costs, supply chain challenges and higher interest rates have made many large-scale features more difficult to include in affordable housing developments today, sustainability remains a priority at our organization."

he Lolo National Forest is moving forward with logging and prescribed burns in the Petty Creek drainage, although public comment prompted some parts of the project to be reduced.

There are 1 million species threatened with extinction in the world; in the United States, 34% of plants and 40% of animals are threatened.

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.

The City of Missoula on Wednesday moved one step closer to giving Public Works the authority to designate price changes for the products it sells at its compost facility off Reserve Street.

Abby Huseth writes, "We know that a barrier to electrification is a robust and diverse workforce, and opportunities might come our way from new federal funding. "

Hundreds gathered at the state capitol to show state politicians that Montanans are watching legislators’ attempts to steal money from a popular public land fund.

Mountain Line and the Missoula Redevelopment Agency unanimously agreed Thursday to jointly contract a local engineering firm to complete a transportation study and design for the Brooks Street corridor.

In hopes of presenting a strong application for a federal transportation grant, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency and other downtown partners plan to offer a small local match in hopes of landing a larger pot of funding.