The selenium battle of Lake Koocanusa
In December 2020, after five and a half years of meetings with government agencies and tribes on both sides of...
Amanda Eggert
Environmental group sues over new water quality law
Environmental nonprofit Upper Missouri Waterkeeper filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its handling of a new...
What’s driving southern Montana’s deadliest avalanche season in more than a decade?
There have been good winters and there have been bad winters, but during an average one, avalanches claim the lives...
Researchers say increasing forest fires are ‘unhinging’ streamflow patterns in the western U.S.
Researchers have found that forested basins of the western United States saw significant increases in streamflows for about six years...
Federal judge sides with Forest Service in Crazy Mountains access lawsuit
The federal magistrate judge considering a lawsuit over the Forest Service’s handling of access disputes in the Crazy Mountains has...
Courts deal blow to southeastern Montana coal mine
A federal judge in Billings has issued a preliminary order directing the federal government to redo its analysis of a...
Environmental groups call for investigation of Hebgen Dam malfunction
Three environmental groups filed a citizens’ complaint today requesting a formal investigation into the Hebgen Dam malfunction that dewatered the...
Tribes and environmental groups revive effort to block Hecla mines
The Fort Belknap Indian Community, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Ksanka Elders Advisory Committee and a coalition of environmental groups...
Prescriptive easements on Crazy Mountain trails ‘likely non-viable’
A 2019 lawsuit brought by public land access advocates over the Forest Service’s handling of four disputed trails in the Crazy...
Tribes, conservation groups challenge DEQ over ending ‘bad actor’ lawsuit
The Fort Belknap Indian Community and a coalition of environmental nonprofit groups said this week they plan to sue the...
