sustainability

When the Missoula City Council sits down next spring to craft the FY 2024 budget, the framework of a new strategic plan and the goals that lie within it will help serve as a guide through the process.

The surge in river usage that started in 2020 with the pandemic was accompanied by increasing use of the Blackfoot’s upper reaches, which have traditionally been used only by anglers and outfitters.

Erik Molvar writes, "In three-state region covered in these reports, federal land livestock grazing generates only one-tenth of one percent of the 3.3 million jobs in these three states."

After a decade investigating and experimenting with battery chemistry and storage, including working the last seven years on the creation of a rechargeable battery that wouldn’t rely on lithium, nickel and cobalt, Ji has made headway with one that would use graphite or other metals.

Alex Baumhardt (Oregon Capital Chronicle) Western states and cities are more reliant on drinking water from U.S. Forest Service lands than previously known. A first-of-its-kind study by the Forest Service reveals how some of the largest public water systems in the country rely on surface waters from the federal agency’s land. The agency pla...

Unlike other bike-ped pathway plans previously presented in the area, the new plan puts heavy emphasis on bike trails outside the downtown metro area of Missoula, extending throughout Missoula County.

Sarah Lundquist writes, "The climate crisis is one of the biggest threats to our state, species, and home planet, but we can solve it through collective action. Humans are resilient, and we are at our strongest when we work together."

The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub is a collaboration between Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming - two red states and two blue ones.

Since January 2021, the county has reviewed more than 1,050 land use and zoning permits. The number of permits reviewed through the first three quarters of 2022 is up 5.5% over the same span in 2021.

Estimates suggest that over the next decade, Missoula will absorb another 12,000 residents who will need 4,500 homes. They'll also require the creation of 15,000 new jobs requiring more than 16 million square feet of new commercial space.