Park County Environmental Council

As part of her conversations for “Episode 03: Youth,” ‘Grounding’ host Sarah Aronson speaks with Victoria and Anders—two students in Livingston, MT who work with the Green Initiative and Park County Environmental Council with Alecia Jongeward as their mentor.

Two bills that passed in the Montana Senate this week could make it more difficult for groups that want to sue the state.

Population booms and skyrocketing costs of living are hitting cities all over the state. Park County passed a wide-ranging new growth policy earlier this…

Update: An earlier version of this story stated Rob Gregoire won, rather than settled the court case in 2017. YPR regrets the error. A group of unlikely...

Environmental groups today sued the state of Montana, attempting to block a mining company’s plans to begin exploring for gold and other precious metals…