February 29th, 2008:
Montana Standard: FWP proposes expanding lynx habitat
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
February 28th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Wolf delisting announcement prompts enviro groups to sue
Montana Standard: EPA cleans up leaking asbestos at elementary school
Montana Standard: Molloy clears Rey, Forest Service in retardant suit
Missoulian: BP still mulling coal-bed extraction
Missoulian: Lincoln school may be saved from development
Missoulian: Do as I say, not as I once did: Get a fishing license
Missoulian: Rey expresses regret: Ag chief says Forest Service ‘dropped ball' on retardant
Montana Standard: Study: Pesticides prevalent in western national parks
Newwest.net: Rural Growth, Climate and the Wildland-Urban Interface
Missoula Independent: Bordering on Catastrophe: Montana’s opposition helped kill a Canadian mining plan last week. But has the real war just begun?
Missoula Independent: Un-Placid Lake: Residents fume over Plum Creek housing plan
February 26th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Growing problem: County cracking down on weedy properties
Montana Standard: Company proposing testing for oil, gas potential near Lima
Missoulian: Living with trapping - All parties learn after dog caught in trap near Alberton
Missoulian: 83-home plan before Missoula County commission
Newwest.net Commentary: The Skinny on Streamside Setbacks in Western Montana
February 25th, 2008:
Montana Standard: BLM advisory group to meet
Montana Standard: Governors: Black coal must be part of green energy debate
Montana Standard: Work on state’s largest wind farm to begin when ground thaws
Montana Standard: Remove or not remove?
Montana Standard: Feds plan to remove gray wolves from list
Montana Standard: Milltown Dam removal expected to kill fish
Montana Standard: Feds give state $250,000 grant to help diversify timber economy
Montana Standard: State group wants the public’s input
Montana Standard: Controversial subdivision on North Meadow Creek gets nod
Montana Standard: Jefferson drought planning meeting set
Montana Standard: Minerals industry scrambles to meet unprecedented demand
Montana Standard: Helena residents sue BNSF over diesel pollution
Missoulian: Filming the ‘Wild': Movie crew stays busy in Montana's cold
Missoulian: Environmental restoration is big business
Missoulian: Milltown dam leaves a long legacy
Missoulian: EPA engineer feels safe on the Opportunity Ponds site
Missoulian: Commercial morel permits proposed for Flathead forest
Missoulian: Toxic turmoil: Like it or not, people of Opportunity are on receiving end of about 50 railcars a day, each with 100 tons of contaminated sediment from the Milltown Superfund site
Missoula Independent: Mercury trade capped
Missoulian: Bush official facing jail makes no apologies for timber policies
Missoulian: Researchers unsure how dam removal will affect river's ecosystem
Missoulian: Group to protect Rattlesnake
Missoulian: Troy Mine partnership dissolved
Missoulian: Forest Service officials: Proposed cuts won't hurt region
Missoulian: Information officer leaving wildlife agency for magazine job
Newwest.net: BP Drops Plans for Energy Exploration North of Glacier Park
Newwest.net: Northern Rockies Gray Wolf Delisted
High Country News: Mining the West
EPA Milltown Site Update 02.20.08 (pdf)
EPA Milltown Site Update 02.14.08 (pdf)
February 12th, 2008:
Montana Standard: How to spend $28 million?
Montana Standard: Yellowstone recruiting for youth conservation summer corps
Montana Standard: Going green
Missoulian: Council votes to keep land out of city
Missoulian: No public travel plan hearing to be held
Newwest.net: Capturing the Crown of the Continent
High Country News: Unnatural Preservation
February 8th, 2008:
Montana Standard: $168M for basin rehab, fish, jobs
Montana Standard: Silver Bow Creek, lawsuit timeline
Montana Standard: Settlement at a glance
Montana Standard: Anaconda’s share to boost economy
Montana Standard: Highland Road access lawsuit continues with new plaintiffs
Missoulian: Snow woes / Winter white, wind wreak havoc from Bitterroot to Brow
Missoulian: Silver Park / On the horizon: Proposal adds riverfront recreation area with a timber theme
Missoulian Arco to pay $187M in Clark Fork deal
Missoula Independent: Company town
February 7th, 2008:
Montana Standard: $168 million settlement announced
Missoulian: State asks for input on gravel pit proposals
Missoulian: Electric cooperatives take action on climate
Missoulian: Streamside setbacks debated
Montana Governor's Office Press Release: State to Get $168 Million as Final Clark Fork River Basin Damage Claims Settled
February 6th, 2008:
Missoulian: Charging the mountains: Workers blast section around I-90, but fail to force avalanche
February 5th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Final forest draft: Plan calls for more logging, wilderness
Montana Standard: Most land programs lose funds in Bush ’09 budget
Missoulian: Region's snowpack holds steady
Missoulian: Parks expenses fall short, critics say
Missoulian: Meetings on zoning process this week in Ravalli County
EPA issues Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Guidance for Construction Operators
February 4th, 2008:
Missoulian: Deadline looms for CSKT water rights agreement
Missoulian: Avalanche temporarily closes I-90 near Lookout Pass