Dominick DellaSala writes, "Congress should pass this bold act to protect the five-state region critical to iconic grizzlies and wolves and the region’s future."
A warming climate can exacerbate barriers native mammals face trying to survive in the growing urbanization of cities, according to a paper published Monday in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
A court settlement has eliminated the last federal oil-and-gas lease that threatened to mar the Badger-Two Medicine wild lands of the northern Rocky Mountain Front.
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture said the last oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area has been canceled.
The state’s schools may struggle to remove all but the most dangerous sources of lead, considering about half the schools that tested their water between July 2020 and February 2022 found high lead levels.
In the coming weeks, the city and county of Missoula will take a detailed look at their option to purchase 480 acres on Marshall Mountain, possibly converting the one-time ski hill into a hub of outdoor recreation. But some costs remain unknown.
Private landowners north of Gold Creek have received a $300,000 grant from the Forest Service to restore native habitat in the foothills of the southern Garnet Mountains by reducing conifer encroachment and restoring streams.