Energy & Land
Public Lands Integrity Act Would End Hidden Land Sales in Budget Bills
A bipartisan measure backed by Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke would prohibit Congress from attaching public land sales to unrelated…
Bitterroot National Forest Opens Four Roads for Free Personal Firewood Gathering Starting June 15
The Bitterroot National Forest is opening four designated roads beginning Monday for residents seeking personal use firewood this summer, with…
Energy & LandPondera County Water Managers Cut Allocations to Nearly Half as Drought Grinds Into Eighth Year
Farmers and water managers in Pondera County are navigating one of the driest stretches in recent memory, with water allocations…
Montana’s Zinke Leads Bipartisan Push to Renew $1.9 Billion Conservation Funding Law
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) introduced legislation on June 10 to renew and update one of the signature conservation measures of…
Stillwater Mine Adds 150 Jobs After Mass Layoffs, but Full Recovery Still Years Away
Stillwater Mine has brought roughly 150 workers back onto its payroll over the past twelve months, a partial rebound following…
Montana Among Hardest-Hit States as Forest Service Wildfire Prep Work Plunges in 2025
The U.S. Forest Service completed work on roughly 1.5 million fewer acres of wildfire mitigation in 2025 compared to the…
Montana Fire Season Outlook Grows Grim as Snowpack Vanishes Early and Drought Spreads
Montana is entering the 2026 wildfire season with a concerning mix of conditions: an unusually early snowmelt, expanding drought east…
Wyoming DOT Resumes I-90 Work Near Montana Border as Year Two of Major Rebuild Gets Underway
A significant stretch of Interstate 90 near the Wyoming-Montana state line is entering its second construction season, with the Wyoming…
Montana and U.S. Forest Service Add Lolo National Forest to Growing Shared Stewardship Program
The Gianforte administration and the U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday that 345,000 acres in the Lolo National Forest will be…
Montana and Federal Foresters Expand Shared Stewardship Pact to Nearly One Million Acres
A third landscape has been added to Montana’s cooperative forest management program with the U.S. Forest Service, bringing the total…