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The Supreme Court has ruled that when water is allocated for a beneficial use on a piece of land, the right to the water is attached to the land, not the person who developed it.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is sending more than $28 million to Montana to help identify and replace lead pipes in drinking water infrastructure
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State utility regulators have reopened public comment on a petition that would require them to consider the impacts of climate change as part of their decision-making.
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A longtime Forest Service employee has been tapped to lead the Stevensville Ranger District on western Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest.
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The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld much of a decision to temporarily shorten Montana’s wolf trapping and snaring seasons to protect grizzly bears.
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President Biden nominates a CSKT attorney to fill a federal judgeship; Federal regulators enact new air quality standards for coal-fired power plants; Feds finalize a plan to re-establish grizzly bears in the Northern Cascades in Washington.
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The latest survey of Montanans views of public lands shows an increase in support for recreation and conservation but a sharp decline in Montanan’s reported quality of life.
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The U.S. Forest Service has settled with two Montana conservation groups over a proposed 140,000 acre project northeast of Helena; A public meeting to discuss the Upper Tenmile cleanup project is scheduled for April 18 at 6 p.m. at the Rimini Fire Station near Helena.
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing that nearly 33,000 acres of private timberland in the Flathead be placed under a conservation easement.
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The Montana Department of Justice is blocking access to what it calls privileged documents showing its communication with a Canadian mining company. An environmental group is now suing to access the information.