After getting initial agreement from the landowners, the Environmental Protection Agency says additional pollutant sampling at the Smurfit Stone mill site will begin this fall.
The record low lake level this year is part of a pattern of anomalies in runoff and water supply that is hardly new, according to Energy Keepers, Inc., which manages the Salish Kootenai Dam in Polson, on the south end of the lake.
Previously, scientists studying shrinking Arctic glaciers have focused on methane release from thawing permafrost or frozen ground. New findings on Thursday suggest other sources of methane emissions to exacerbate global warming.
The appeal comes after the latest forecasts show that the streamflow on the Flathead River has fallen to just 40% of the average and could drop to just 36% by mid-summer.
Groups write, "Our Legislature just spent five months debating and passing bills that undermine climate action and our Constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment."
With the final purchase of 2,500 acres, Five Valleys Land Trust has not only preserved the majority of Mount Dean Stone for future generations, but it also created only the fourth community forest in the state.
With an eye on the future, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency has placed a number of community investment projects into its Fiscal Year 24 budget, including the cost of matching future transit grants.
A federal judge has halted a logging project near Libby until the U.S. Forest Service justifies why it didn’t conduct a full environmental study and properly consider effects on Canada lynx.
A Helena judge has ordered Gov. Greg Gianforte to release state documents related to the Hecla Mining Corporation and the administration’s 2021 decision to drop a bad-actor case against Hecla’s CEO.