In affirming a lower court's order, the appellate judges ruled that state law does not apply to a California couple who built a home without a permit on the banks of McDonald Creek

The proposed easement would protect timberland in Lincoln, Mineral and Sanders counties. It is part of a broader 230,000-acre effort to conserve Stimson's inland timber base in Washington, Idaho and Montana.

The cross-jurisdictional planning framework identifies specific infrastructure investments to improve recreational access and safety from the Libby Dam to the Idaho border

Vehicle reservations are not required, but shuttle reservations are required beginning July 1 after a new three-hour parking limit takes effect at Logan Pass. Advance shuttle reservations go on sale May 2.

The fuels reduction project targets about 200 acres of forested front-country terrain on Whitefish Mountain Resort's south-facing aspect. Some of the work will cause “brief disruptions” affecting trail access this summer.

As state and federal regulators try to determine the extent to which last December's flooding exposed or mobilized legacy mine waste the Libby Asbestos Superfund boundary, they're hosting an open house on April 20.

This week's petition for an independent review panel comes as Indigenous leaders from Montana, Idaho and B.C. close ranks to resist a coal mine expansion proposal in the transboundary Elk-Kootenai river watershed until the decades-old pollution problem is resolved

Officials said the West Truman Project near Lakeside will use emergency logging and thinning to reduce wildfire risk and protect the community. The decision authorizes 2,823 acres of treatment and 5.6 miles of temporary roads.

The newly conserved property includes 12 miles of existing forest roads and trails, including the ridgetop trail connecting Herron Park to Blacktail Mountain

Conservation groups and the state's environmental regulatory agency prevailed in a lawsuit challenging efforts by B.C. coal miners and a state oversight board to invalidate Montana's 2020 selenium standard

If approved, the two-phase project would permanently restrict development on 47,907 acres of working forest owned by Green Diamond Resource Company while protecting public access and wildlife habitat

Conservation groups sued the Flathead National Forest last year, arguing that approving a fuels reduction project to lower the risk of wildland fire on nearby communities violated federal law

The federal lawsuit claims that Hecla's Libby Exploration Project south of Libby threatens water quality and protected species, including those in a federally designated wilderness area

Ahead of a high-risk fire season, the Trump administration is revamping its wildland firefighting apparatus by reallocating 3,900 firefighters to the U.S. Wildland Fire Service. The strategy to streamline the federal response has raised concerns among some state lawmakers.

The legal challenge hinges on the recently approved West Reservoir Project, which calls for 4.7 miles of new roads that won't be counted among the forest's total road network