MT: Water
Montana federal judge rules for threatened Arctic grayling
A federal district court judge in Missoula has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must reconsider whether to list Montana's Arctic grayling …
Coalition: Mine threatens Montana's iconic Smith River
Nearly 10,000 Montanans have petitioned the U.S. Forest Service to prevent mining activity in the iconic Smith River watershed. The Smith is known …
Montana feels effects of California 'price gouging'
California joined a dozen other states across the U.S. either banning or regulating the use of gestation crates to raise livestock and a ballot …
Farm group calls on changes to USDA environmental funding
A farm advocacy group says large corporate agriculture producers are getting federal environmental safeguard funds that were intended for smaller oper…
Outdoor advocates file suit to stop sewage facility near Yellowstone
The Bozeman-based group Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and its members have filed a complaint in District Court to stop the operation of a new wastewater …
MT seeks public input on environmental policy
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality wants to know what people think the state's next Environmental Policy Act should include. Critics …
Advocates say even small development damages sensitive MT ecology
New research by ecology experts in Montana showed even small amounts of development can cause a widespread decline in stream biodiversity. It does …
Advocates Call for Tougher CAFO Rules in MT
Rural advocates are calling on the state to tighten the rules governing Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations - or CAFOs - in rural Montana…
Backers: Blackfoot Act Would Add $2.6B to Montana's Recreation Economy
Lawmakers in Washington held their first Senate hearing on the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act. Authored by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., it would …
Severe Montana Drought Prompts Unprecedented Fishing Restrictions
Drought and soaring temperatures have prompted state wildlife officials to restrict fishing on some of the state's most popular lakes and streams…
Drought Tightens Grip on Montana Waterways
As crippling heat sears Western states, drought is creeping into Montana where Indigenous tribes are seeing historic waterways at record lows…
Montana Rolls Back Environmental Protections
Montana's environmental advocates are criticizing Gov. Greg Gianforte for signing a bill they said will allow the state to ignore the impacts of …