The Bitterroot National Forest has kicked off a 45-day objection period focusing on bicycle access in two wilderness study areas: the Blue Joint WSA south of Darby in the Bitterroot mountains along the Idaho border and the Sapphire WSA southeast of Hamilton.
Wildfire activity has moderated in western Montana in the wake of wet and cool weather earlier this week, but crews remain hard at work as temperatures start to rise again.
The president of the Montana Senate is asking the attorney general for an opinion on whether Gov. Steve Bullock illegally approved a $6.1 million conservation easement on an eastern Montana ranch without a vote of the state Land Board.
The Veterans Affairs Montana Health Care System has a temporary chief of staff for the eighth time in as many years.
A couple of commercial guide and outfitter permits that have been dormant for several years are being re-activated on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
On August 24, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will lift "hoot owl" restrictions in place on the Sun River west of Great Falls.