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Energy & Land

Falcon Copper Seeks Major Expansion of Blue Copper Drilling Project Near Helena

A mineral exploration company is seeking federal approval to significantly expand operations in the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, proposing…

Gianforte’s Energy Task Force Releases Plan to Expand Montana Power Supply
Energy & Land

Gianforte’s Energy Task Force Releases Plan to Expand Montana Power Supply

Governor Greg Gianforte’s Unleashing American-Made Energy Task Force has completed its work and delivered more than a dozen recommendations aimed…

Governor Gianforte Endorses Tri-Forest Timber Plan Spanning Three Montana National Forests
Energy & Land

Governor Gianforte Endorses Tri-Forest Timber Plan Spanning Three Montana National Forests

Governor Greg Gianforte and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation threw their support behind a new U.S. Forest…

Energy & Land

U.S. Critical Materials proposes 2,200 helicopter flights for Sheep Creek rare earth exploration in Montana

U.S. Critical Materials has resubmitted its exploration proposal to the U.S. Forest Service for a rare earth mineral mining operation…

Energy & Land

United States Antimony Opens Radersburg Mill, Completing Domestic Supply Chain

United States Antimony Corporation officially commissioned a new critical mineral flotation mill and laboratory in Radersburg, Montana, on Tuesday, marking…

Energy & Land

United States Antimony Corporation Launches Montana Flotation Mill as Critical Mineral Push Accelerates

United States Antimony Corporation formally began wet commissioning its Radersburg Flotation Mill on Monday, marking a significant step in the…

Energy & Land

Data Center Project in Bonner Collapses as Property Owner Withdraws Support

A proposed data center in Bonner, east of Missoula, stalled this week after the industrial park’s general manager withdrew his…

Forest Service Chief Schultz Launches Sweeping Reorganization, Shifts Power to States
Energy & Land

Forest Service Chief Schultz Launches Sweeping Reorganization, Shifts Power to States

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz is overseeing the largest structural reorganization of the federal agency in roughly a century,…

Montana Wildlife Officials See Hope for Drought-Stressed Mule Deer Herds After Spring Rains
Energy & Land

Montana Wildlife Officials See Hope for Drought-Stressed Mule Deer Herds After Spring Rains

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are cautiously optimistic that recent rainfall across north-central Montana could begin reversing years of…

Judge blocks Montana land agency from halting bison grazing approvals amid conservation dispute
Energy & Land

Judge blocks Montana land agency from halting bison grazing approvals amid conservation dispute

A Helena district court judge temporarily halted a state directive that prevented Montana’s natural resources agency from approving new bison…