skip to main content
skip to newscasts

Monday, March 18, 2024

Public News Service Logo
facebook instagram linkedin reddit youtube twitter
view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

SD public defense duties shift from counties to state; SCOTUS appears skeptical of restricting government communications with social media companies; Trump lawyers say he can't make bond; new scholarships aim to connect class of 2024 to high-demand jobs.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

The SCOTUS weighs government influence on social media, and who groups like the NRA can do business with. Biden signs an executive order to advance women's health research and the White House tells Israel it's responsible for the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

view newscast page
play newscast audioPlay

Midwest regenerative farmers are rethinking chicken production, Medicare Advantage is squeezing the finances of rural hospitals and California's extreme swing from floods to drought has some thinking it's time to turn rural farm parcels into floodplains.

"Fifty for 50th" Celebration Brings Jobs to Montana

play audio
Play

Thursday, September 4, 2014   

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Crews of young people are ready to get to work improving trails and upgrading access on public lands in Montana.

The projects are part of the Fifty for the 50th celebration of the Wilderness Act.

Bobby Grillo, regional supervisor for the Montana Conservation Corps, which is coordinating projects, says it provides young people with work experience, and education about the stewardship of public lands.

And he says there's another angle.

"More and more, young adults are feeling a need to get away from the classroom, their virtual connections, cellular devices, and have an authentic experience on the ground," he explains.

Projects are scheduled at seven locations, including the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness this fall, where crews will cover nearly 450 miles.

Grillo says people from around the nation applied for the positions. Nationwide, when projects are completed, more than 200,000 hours will have been spent to improve public lands and waterways.

Jamie Williams, president of The Wilderness Society, says despite what's going on in Congress, where about two dozen wilderness bills are stalled – including proposals in Montana – wilderness designations always have been bipartisan efforts.

"It all starts on the ground, with local communities working together to protect places they care deeply about,” he says. “They engage their congressional delegation in very bipartisan ways."

The projects are part of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps, and take place on federal, state, local and tribal lands.





get more stories like this via email

more stories
Corporate partners sign contracts to offer a graduate assistantship and pay the students. In turn, MSU pays the graduate assistant's tuition, fees and salary, so the assistantship is directly tied to the academic experience. (pressmaster/Adobe Stock)

play sound

By Victoria Lim for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi for Missouri News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News Service Col…


Social Issues

play sound

A new report brands Connecticut's tax system as "regressive" for low- to middle-income residents and uses a report from the state to make its point…

Environment

play sound

Backers of a new federal rule said it will increase fairness for livestock and poultry producers, in North Carolina and across the country. The U.S…


A study by the advocacy group Inseparable showed one in five adults said at any given time, they consider their mental health to be either 'fair' or 'poor.' (Adobe Stock)

Health and Wellness

play sound

Mental health care advocates are encouraging federal agencies to adopt a proposed update to regulations which would expand access to psychological car…

Social Issues

play sound

With hotter summers bringing hotter working conditions, the Maryland Department of Labor is implementing a heat stress standard to protect workers …

Social Issues

play sound

By Jimmy Cloutier for OpenSecrets.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for Texas News Service reporting for the OpenSecrets-Public News Service Collaboratio…

Environment

play sound

Recreational fishermen in New England say commercial trawlers are threatening the survival of smaller businesses relying on a healthy stock of Atlanti…

 

Phone: 303.448.9105 Toll Free: 888.891.9416 Fax: 208.247.1830 Your trusted member- and audience-supported news source since 1996 Copyright © 2021