The United States and Canada have reached a preliminary agreement renewing and modernizing the Columbia River Treaty, which has governed the river’s dams and reservoirs for 60 years.
Commercial logging may proceed in a Forest Service project south of Anaconda, but all other activities must cease until a lawsuit is concluded, according to a federal judge.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has denied its biologists’ request for a pay raise, which would have put them on par with other biologists around the Northern Rocky Mountain region.
After hearing final arguments, the Montana Supreme Court will decide whether recent state law can bar state agencies from considering the effects of climate change.
The Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Wednesday in the state’s appeal of a district court judge’s decision in the Held vs. Montana case,
Initiative backers say that trophy hunters hire professional guides to guarantee a mountain lion kill. The killing of female lions creates orphaned kittens, which typically stay with their mothers for 18 months.