Federal land managers are seeking the public’s input as they revise the 2018 Flathead National Forest Plan, proposing to swap land-use designations for over-snow vehicle use by declaring certai...
A 76.5-acre family farm near Bad Rock Canyon this week received permanent protections through a conservation easement with the Flathead Land Trust, adding to a growing inventory of former agricul...
Last year, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) Superfund site, project managers considered it a s...
Fifteen years ago, engineers with the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) recognized the need to replace Sportsman’s Bridge, the narrow, two-lane steel structure that spans the Flathead ...
State and federal environmental regulators this week will host a pair of open houses and presentations to field questions about the future of the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) Superfund ...
As the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks to defend the state’s water quality standard for pollutants at the U.S.-Canada border — a standard that both the state’s Board...
Republican lawmakers on Thursday convened a hearing to discuss the constitutional abortion rights initiative that could appear on the November ballot, despite an April court order finding that ...
A team of Montana researchers is playing a key role in the development of a more effective vaccine against tuberculosis, an infectious disease that has killed more people than any other. The BC...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is seeking feedback on a public lands project that would furnish permanent protections on nearly 33,000 acres of private timberland in northwest Montana whi...
A foreign company, Glencore, with a troubling track record of poor corporate responsibility, has major holdings in the headwaters of both the Kootenai and Flathead drainages. The Switzerland-base...
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