Montana Habitat Conservation Efforts Experience Significant Changes
August 7, 2024
Montana’s Habitat Conservation Lease Program aims to protect prairie, sagebrush, and wetland habitats with 30- and 40-year leases.
Montana’s Habitat Conservation Lease Program aims to protect prairie, sagebrush, and wetland habitats with 30- and 40-year leases.
Montana receives $700M for the North Plains Connector, the first transmission project linking eastern and western U.S. grids.
As of Aug. 1, the Office of Public Instruction’s portal listed 853 public school job postings in Montana, highlighting a significant teacher shortage.
After a 21-year tenure with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, lead fisheries expert Eileen Ryce has resigned, citing lack of support.
Darren Wilson and a group of six other hikers embarked on a trek through the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness during extreme fire-prone conditions, and throughout their journey, they encountered multiple instances of wildfires, including smoldering logs and campfires, which they took action to extinguish.
Despite dry conditions, the Grouse and Miller Peak fires are the only two Montana blazes over 800 acres still growing.
NorthWestern Energy will acquire a large share of the Colstrip power plant from Puget Sound Energy, facing a mandate to cease coal power by 2025.
At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, demanding a formal apology.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has imposed fishing restrictions on 13 rivers as temperatures soar and water levels drop.
A judge in Helena extended a freeze on rejecting petition signatures for three constitutional initiatives in Montana.
A Montana court sided with state wildlife officials and hunting groups in a lawsuit over elk population management, ruling against property owners advocating for aggressive elk reduction.
The Montana Supreme Court rejected Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s request to intervene in a lawsuit over ballot petition handling.
