Zinke Pitches Bill Restricting Federal Land Transfers
The 'Public Lands in Public Hands’ bill draws support from sporting organizations, skepticism from Zinke critics
The 'Public Lands in Public Hands’ bill draws support from sporting organizations, skepticism from Zinke critics
Outfitters, guides and anglers all supported a gillnetting program to suppress the invasive species and conserve native bull trout and kokanee salmon
One longtime district ranger says he tried for years to suspend an outfitter’s special-use permit in the Bob after repeat offenses. Instead, his efforts were undermined and he was reassigned to an administrative office.
The new deadline for the public to comment is March 9, an extension that state wildlife managers set ‘to ensure Montana counties, Tribes, and state and federal agencies have a chance for input’
The property owners argue Glacier Park has exclusive jurisdiction over their private parcel inside park boundaries, and that it isn't subject to state environmental regulations
Federal wildlife managers will adopt a first-of-its-kind National Recovery Plan to support the conservation of wolves in the northern Rockies, but environmental groups are mounting a legal challenge after the agency rejected a petition to relist the species under the Endangered Species Act
A new draft guidance policy by the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service would classify standard climbing safety tools as prohibited ‘installations’ in federally managed wilderness
As wildland fires grow in intensity, land managers aim to reduce hazards on the wildand urban interface through fuels-reduction work and forest thinning
Rosendale, who is eyeing a challenge to incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, maintains that a Montana biomedical research facility in Hamilton has a dangerous link to the pandemic
Avalanches in the Cooke City area have killed 22 snowmobilers and two skiers since 1998, making it one of the deadliest locations for snowslides in the U.S.
Last year, the nonprofit organization served 781 new families and recorded 20,000 pantry visits, doubling the number of visits recorded over the past two years
Although federal wildlife managers will adopt a first-of-its-kind National Recovery Plan to support the conservation of wolves in the northern Rockies, environmental groups are considering a legal challenge
The neurological disease, which is contagious, rapidly spreading, and always fatal, is currently known to infect only members of the cervid family — elk, deer, reindeer, caribou, and moose
Regulators to send letter to utility asking about energy purchases, Colstrip downtime, revenue
James Cameron McNeely, 43, of Browning, admitted to stealing $78,000 from the tribal government that employed him
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