Ellis Juhlin
Environmental ReporterEllis Juhlin is MTPR's Environmental Reporter. She covers wildlife, natural resources, climate change and agriculture stories. She worked at Utah Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio prior to joining MTPR and in wildlife conservation before becoming a journalist. She has a Master's Degree in Ecology from Utah State University and is an average birder who wants you to keep your cat indoors. Her life is run by her three dogs, one of which is afraid of birds.
ellis.juhlin@mso.umt.edu
406-272-2568
Stories based on input from Montanans who completed our survey about the issues they're most interested in.
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Wildlife managers this week decided to increase this year's wolf hunting and trapping quota by more than 100 animals and change how wolf hunting regions are divided. -
NorthWestern Energy announces merger with a South Dakota utility company; Health officials confirm Lewis and Clark County measles case; Montanans can now use a digital driver's license*. -
As the song says, “don’t go chasing waterfalls” — unless you’re a research team looking for an elusive bird that only nests in the “splash zone.” MTPR’s Ellis Juhlin recently joined one such group on a scouting trip. -
Summertime at the county fair means rides, farm animals and lots of food. Whether it’s turkey legs, cotton candy or corn dogs – trash goes along with ready-to-go food. But a collaboration between vendors and local organizations at the Western Montana Fair is working to divert that waste away from landfills. -
A biofuels manufacturer in Great Falls announced plans to build a water treatment facility. This comes after the company previously proposed injecting the wastewater underground. -
The Montana Supreme Court last year ordered state environmental regulators to redo their assessment of a power plant near Laurel. The new report is out, but environmental advocates aren’t happy. -
A federal judge Tuesday ordered wildlife managers to reevaluate whether wolves should be placed back under federal protections. -
Montana’s largest utility company has signed on to provide power to a proposed data center. It would use more than the entire amount of energy used by all residential NorthWestern Energy customers in Montana. -
A mining company is exploring the possibility of building a new mine underneath a wilderness area in northwest Montana. -
Wildlife managers earlier this month proposed new hunting and trapping regulations that could cut the state’s wolf population in half.
