A federal judge has found that the Flathead National Forest broke the law in a few more ways when it refused to consider the effect of certain roads on grizzly bears and bull trout.
While questions remain, members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday set a public hearing over the use of funding from the open space bond to conserve more than 1,600 acres of private land northwest of the city.
Researchers suggest that protecting only 1.2% of the planet's surface could prevent a significant extinction crisis, at what they say could be a very low global economic cost.
After months of debate and years of consideration, the Missoula City Council on Monday night adopted new policy regulating the time, manner and place in which crisis camping is permissible in parks and on public property.
A report by the Biden administration and U.S. Department of the Interior marks the first time the government has detailed the harms caused by 11 dams in the Snake and Columbia River basins.
Water rights, state law and other water-related issues took center stage in a hearing Thursday over whether Missoula County should grant a variance to allow a gravel pit south of Lolo room to expand in the years ahead.
The Golden State's leaders have ambitious strategies in mind to manage precious groundwater. But scientists and landowners say that partnerships will be the only way forward as the state is further burdened by climate change.