New Conservation Easement Protects Habitat and History in Bad Rock Canyon
The Yeats family’s 76.5-acre Heart Rock Ridge farm near Columbia Falls will see its agricultural heritage preserved with a donated easement to Flathead Land Trust
The Yeats family’s 76.5-acre Heart Rock Ridge farm near Columbia Falls will see its agricultural heritage preserved with a donated easement to Flathead Land Trust
With a renewed degree of community attention on the proposed federal cleanup plan, environmental regulators are ramping up outreach efforts and providing funding for a grassroots coalition to hire independent technical experts
The new fishing access site would be located on the west bank of Flathead River just south of the existing bridge, which in 2009 was deemed unsuitable to accommodate increases in traffic and vehicle size
A pending land sale and development plan on 2,400 acres hinges on the EPA selecting a cleanup plan favored by Glencore, renewing community concerns about the future of the contaminated Superfund site near the Flathead River
A conservation group is embroiled in litigation to defend the state’s selenium standard at the U.S.-Canada border against attempts by the Justice Department to rescind it; AG Knudsen accuses conservation group of “weaponization” of open records act
Signature gathering to put CI-128 on the ballot is underway after months of legal sparring; minority party leadership on Thursday called the hearing a “sham” that was “manufactured” by Republicans
Known as the forgotten pandemic, TB kills up to 1.6 million people a year, mostly in impoverished areas in Asia and Africa, despite its being both preventable and treatable
The state agency is accepting public comment on a deal to place nearly 33,000 acres owned by Green Diamond Resource Company under an easement between Kalispell and Libby
With a troubling track record of poor corporate responsibility, Switzerland-based multinational conglomerate Glencore has major holdings in the headwaters of both the Kootenai and Flathead drainages
With a fleet of 10 refurbished vintage campers and a postage stamp of property on the doorstep of Glacier National Park, a local couple has created a retro basecamp for visitors and stay-cationers alike
Tester, Zinke, Downing lead in respective races for U.S. Senate and House districts
The parcel, once platted for subdivision, has received permanent protections through the Flathead Land Trust
The decision to close Pyramid Mountain Lumber is rooted in a complex set of problems, including the steep costs of living and a depressed demand for lumber
With a record-low snowpack in northwest Montana’s high country, plow crews have made fast progress since they started clearing the Going-to-the-Sun Road less than two weeks ago, affording hikers and bikers an opportunity to gain early access to Glacier’s high country
Management goals across the 28,300-acre project area include reducing fuel density and mitigating fire behavior near communities in the wildland-urban interface; plans include expansion of cross-country ski area
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