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Conservation groups are challenging a logging project near Yellowstone National Park. The groups say the project will harm threatened grizzly bears.
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Flathead National Forests' initial proposal to not review potential environmental impacts is raising questions about how forest managers decide which projects deserve a closer study.
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Firefighters are taking advantage of Montana’s unusually warm weather to ignite some controlled burns to reduce forest fuels. The goal is to prevent or minimize the impact of more destructive fires later in the summer.
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A federal court in Missoula Monday heard oral arguments in a case that could restrict the use of fire retardant near lakes, rivers and streams, and halted work on a timber sale in the northwest corner of the state.
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More than $9 million of infrastructure funding has been earmarked for wildfire mitigation in Montana. The largest amount will be used for fuel reduction projects in Lincoln County.
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A mine exploration company says they may have found a significant deposit of rare earth minerals in the southern Bitterroot Valley.
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On Tuesday, The Flathead National Forest proposed a nearly 5,000-acre timber sale near Hungry Horse.
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U.S. National Forest Service Chief Randy Moore spoke in Missoula Thursday and said $10 billion will soon help fund work in forests around the country.
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Conservation group Trout Unlimited is getting $40 million from the federal government to fund watershed restoration efforts in national forests across the country, including here in Montana.
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Wildlife advocates Tuesday called for the U.S. Forest Service to implement rules they say will mitigate conflict between predators and livestock grazing in national forests.