August 31st, 2009:
Montana Standard: Knowledge to coexist - For most part, industry succeeds in informing people about bruins
Montana Standard: Clark River group meets Sept. 9
Montana Standard: Volunteer for National Public Lands Day
Montana Standard: Charges filed in killing of huge bighorn sheep
Montana Standard: Fires burning in remote areas
Missoulian: At Confluence Day, children learn about critters in the river
Missoulian: Experts say pine beetle risk lower in Missoula - and infestation fixes exist
Missoulian: Lake Mary Ronan plan open to public review
EPA Site Update - Milltown - August 19 2009 (pdf)
Latest News from the Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee (CFRTAC): Missoulian: Milltown Sediment Removal Winds Down; Butte Priority Soils Cleanup Work Subject of September CTEC Meeting; Clark Fork River Bed Sediments at Milltown to Be Removed; John Wardell, EPA Montana Office Director, Dies in Climbing Accident
Latest News from the Big Hole Watershed Committee (pdf)

August 27th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Two fires continue to smolder in forest
Montana Standard: Tester defends forest bill, calls it precedent for West
Montana Standard: Fishing report
Montana Standard: Meeting tonight on Big Hole dam
Montana Standard: Access to lake could change
Missoulian: Superfund workers one month from completing Milltown Reservoir excavation
Missoulian: Bitterroot's Big Creek reopens after problem bear closure
Missoula Independent: Spoiled soil - Tainted compost devastates Bitterroot crops
Missoula Independent: Thieves target trailheads

August 25th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Wilderness for logging? Tester claims bill compromise among interests, but critics abound on all sides of issue
Montana Standard: Officials, ARCO agree to new Milltown cleaning plan
Montana Standard: Judge considers snowmobile cap in Park
Montana Standard: Fishing report
Montana Standard: Walk it off: Caverns area offers great hikes
Montana Standard: Grizzly found shot to death
Montana Standard: Reward offered for info about dead grizzly
Montana Standard: Yellowstone's days of yore captured
Montana Standard: Unmanned fire burning west of Philipsburg
Montana Standard: On logging, pine bark beetles shaping debate
Missoulian: Rock Creek Project includes steps to protect land
Missoulian: Record rainfall dampens fire risk in Missoula County
Missoulian: National parks’ heroes focus of documentary
Missoulian: Clark Fork developer, Missoula City Council in court over public access
Missoulian: Eye on wildlife
Missoulian: 29 species tagged for possible federal protection
Missoulian: Stuart Peak makes spectacular, full-day hike
Missoula Independent: Alternate route - Kim Williams Trail expansion comes to a head

August 17th, 2009:
Montana Standard: On logging, pine bark beetles shaping debate
Missoulian: States weigh benefits, risks of drilling in parks
Missoulian: After the stacks: East Helena searches for post-Asarco identity
Missoulian: Batch of swift foxes moving to Fort Peck reservation
Missoulian: Tribal effort to fix broken world hinges on condor
Missoulian: Montana hunters await wolf season
Missoulian: Eye of the Cyclone: Fire lookout considers herself lucky to be stationed on top of the world

August 14th, 2009:
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
Montana Standard: Salazar, Baucus, Tester Announce Study of Potential Threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Montana Standard: Fishing report
Montana Standard: Butte man drowns at Alberton Gorge
Montana Standard: State fines outfitter after confrontation with hunter
Montana Standard: Beal Mountain Mine reclamation ongoing
Montana Standard: Asarco smokestacks toppled
Missoulian: MSU researcher has flesh-eating bugs for hire
Missoulian: Interior Dept.: Calif. water a national priority
Missoulian: Northern Cheyenne Tribe wants water pollution limits in Powder River Basin
Missoulian: Interior Secretary visits North Fork, hails Montana as "what is best about America"
Missoulian: Mining company widens search for gold in Canadian Flathead
Missoulian: Floating, walking Lower Clark Fork River cleanup scheduled Aug. 29
Missoulian: FWP seeks comments on Deer Creek funds
Missoulian: Area state parks offer astronomy and more
Missoulian: Kootenai Creek blaze roars back to life
Missoulian: Grizzly sow in Glacier will be killed
Missoula Independent: Swan Lake - Nothing but net
Missoula Independent: Growing Pains - City still struggling with how to save prime soil

August 10th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Fewer toxic cleanups planned
Montana Standard: Tag team - Grad student trails Silver Bow Creek trout
Montana Standard: Irrigation ditches aren't natural streams, ballot measure says
Montana Standard: Salazar to highlight water challenges in West
Montana Standard: Complaint filed over Ruby River ‘no parking' signs
Montana Standard: Quarantined bison from Yellowstone attract interest
Missoulian: Wilderness back in spotlight
Missoulian: Ranchers object to wandering bison
Missoulian: Hail storms flog farms, towns
Missoulian: Few bear encounters this season
Missoulian: Rain quells lightning-sparked fires around region
Missoulian: FIRE SEASON 2009: Portion of Kootenai Creek trail reopens as rainfall dampens nearby wildfire

August 6th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Trouble brewing over landowner's private boat launch on Big Hole
Montana Standard: Environmentalists to intervene in lynx suit
Montana Standard: Court blocks construction of roads in national forests
Montana Standard: Fishing report
Montana Standard: Malfunctioning gate strands Big Horn trout
Montana Standard: Drawdown's effect on trout populations unknown
Montana Standard: Tips for maintaining an anonymous presence when observing wildlife
Montana Standard: Charging bear forces closure of Big Creek drainage
Montana Standard: Walk it off: Lost Creek close, easy trail
Montana Standard: Fire near Stevensville expands to 1,500 acres
Montana Standard: Meeting on Beal Mountain Mine Reclamation
Missoulian: FWP study finds multiple factors in wolf-elk relations
Missoulian: Kootenai Creek fire: Blaze blows up - Heavy winds fan wildfire as it more than doubles in size
Missoulian: BREAKING NEWS: Lightning sparks dozen new wildfires in Bitterroot and Lolo national forests
Missoulian: Additional EPA money to boost Missoula Brownfield fund
Missoulian: Hungry grasshoppers gaining ground in parts of western Montana
Missoulian: Air quality permit for proposed GFalls coal plant revoked
Missoula Independent: Going big - Montana Snowbowl on the road to expansion
Missoula Independent: Backcountry basics - Lessons learned from the Lost Forest
Missoula Independent: Parks powering up

August 3rd, 2009:
Montana Standard: Big Hole subdivision approved
Montana Standard: FWP revamp raising concerns
Montana Standard: Agreement sought on grizzly hunts
Missoulian: Sun and science on Flathead Lake - Open house offers close-up view of bio station, wind-flattened forest
Missoulian: Seeds of wilderness bill rooted in Timber Wars
Missoulian: Deal in works for water settlement with MT tribe
Latest News from the Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee (CFRTAC): Milltown Redevelopment Working Group Pushes City for Riverfront Trail; Butte Mining History and Superfund Site Profiled on CNET News; FWP Reminder: Milltown Confluence Area Still Closed to Public; and more
August Headlines from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Comments sought on several projects; Fishing Access updates; and more
August Public Notices from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
August News from the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality; Wildfire and Superfund updates; and more
July News from the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
MTPR Commentary: Grizzlies in the Bitterroot by Sterling Miller, National Wildlife Federation
MTPR Commentary: Invasive Species by Bruce Farling, Trout Unlimited

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