December 30th, 2009:
Montana Standard: County issues air quality alert
Montana Standard: Sled grooming to end in West Pioneers
Montana Standard: Prized land donated to Conservancy
Montana Standard: Bison conservation program in limbo
Montana Standard: Big land deal could be completed by March
Montana Standard: Wolf management discussion planned at livestock seminar
Montana Standard: FWP proposes reduction in tags
Missoulian: Superfund cleanup: In Superior, one person made a difference
Missoulian: Snowpack below average in much of Montana
Missoulian: Refuge run dry? With closure, Smurfit ponds likely to lose water source
Missoulian: Where bison roam: Ranchers wary of effort to create 3.5 million-acre wildlife reserve
Missoulian: Update 2009: Case goes cold in killing of big griz 'Maximus'
Missoulian: Grant will help preserve images of Montana from 1950s, 1960s
Missoulian: Talk back on wilderness

December 22nd, 2009:
Montana Standard: Land Board prepares to vote on leasing Otter Creek coal
Montana Standard: New life for an old dam
Missoulian: Eastern Montana ranchers wary of effort to create wildlife reserve
Missoulian: After 6 more sheep put down, biologists likely done culling herd hit by pneumonia
Missoulian: Yellowstone wolf numbers down second year; biologist expects drop to continue
Missoulian: Rehberg schedules January wilderness hearings in western Montana

December 18th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Forest in balance
Missoulian: Montanans attending Copenhagen climate summit say interest rising in Congress’ actions
Missoulian: Feds will spill more water from Libby Dam to boost Kootenai River sturgeon
Missoulian: FWP concerned Bonner bighorns too comfy
Missoulian: Loggers ponder future after Smurfit-Stone closure
Missoula Independent: Stone cold: Smurfit-Stone announces closure of Frenchtown mill
Missoula Independent: A wild year: Setting the record straight on wilderness
Missoula Independent: Clear connection: Mill shutdown signals trouble for Tester bill

December 16th, 2009:
Montana Watercourse is pleased to announce our updated website and logo.The website features timely information on Montana’s Water Resources, our Education and Volunteer Monitoring Programs, upcoming events, how to get involved and more: www.mtwatercourse.org
YouTube Video from FWP: Clark Fork River Comeback
Montana Standard: Governor: State won't spend funds for firm's cleanup costs
Montana Standard: River ice build-ups close some Mont. fishing sites
Montana Standard: Lobbyists ignore ranchers' interests, Schweitzer says
Montana Standard: State oil output drops
Montana Standard: Debate heats up on state trapping restriction
Missoulian: Settlement sends millions to clean up mercury dump at Black Pine mine near Philipsburg
Missoulian: Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal chairman in Denmark for climate talks
Missoulian: Timeline of mill's history
Missoulian: More questions and answers about oil rig transports through Montana
Missoulian: Private forestland owners angry over hunting season vandalism
Missoulian: Major winter storm on the way; "looking pretty grim" for northwestern Montana
Missoulian: Smurfit-Stone's Frenchtown mill closure puts Jump Start forest funds in limbo
Missoulian: Asarco workers reminisce on last day: East Helena smelter closes doors after property handed to cleanup group

December 11th, 2009:
NSTA Express Newsletter
December Conservation Currents from the Izaak Walton Leage of America (pdf)
December EE News from the North American Association for Envrironmental Education
Classroom Earth December Newsletter
EPA Site Update - Milltown - Dec. 9 2009 (pdf)
Montana Standard: State says wolf hunt worked
Montana Standard: Legislator cited for killing wrong deer
Missoulian: Canadian company claims rich gold find north of Glacier National Park, raising concerns
Missoulian: Panel to vote on tentative hunting rules
Missoulian: Frenchtown-area rancher donates $2 million in value toward conservation easement
Missoulian: Despite cold snap, there is both open-water and ice fishing
Missoula Independent: Last best chance? Climate change measures heat up in Copenhagen
Missoula Independent: Climate Where's the extreme cold?

December 9th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Conservation easement protects elk habitat
Montana Standard: Hunting season: Some elk herds reduced
Montana Standard: Ranchers seek to curb residential wells
Montana Standard: State OKs portion of wind farm
Montana Standard: Dangerous fishing access sites closed
Montana Standard: Huey Lewis baits ducks, ends hunting near Stevensville property
Montana Standard: Poaching trouble
Missoulian: Herd of bighorns brings traffic to halt near Bonner-Interstate 90 exit
Missoulian: Asarco expected to close bankruptcy deal; will hand over $138M for cleanup
Missoulian: Landowners who lost Mitchell Slough suit told to pay $350K in attorney fees
Missoulian: FWP Commission postpones consideration of wolf bowhunt
Missoulian: State FWP authorizes killing of Mitchell Mountain wolf pack
Missoulian: Forest Service will spend extra $40M fighting pine beetles in Rocky Mountains

December 4th, 2009:
Montana Standard: State wants public comment on duck hunting in slough
Montana Standard: Snowpack around western Montana below average; dry winter ahead
Montana Standard: Ted Turner gets approval for Yellowstone bison on ranch
Montana Standard: State OKs portion of wind farm
Montana Standard: Ranchers seek to curb residential wells
Missoulian: FWP biologists, volunteers cull sick bighorns in East Fork of Bitterroot
Missoulain: Feds: Prairie songbird may warrant endangered species protection
Missoulian: Federal agency says prairie dogs not endangered
Missoulian: FWP game check stations final numbers (pdf)
Missoulian: Tester wilderness bill will get Senate hearing this month
Missoula Independent: Environment: Wrong spray on the tracks
Missoula Independent: Cap and trade-off: Baucus compromises on climate change, too
Missoula Independent: Hunting: Where are the white-tails?

December 1st, 2009:
Latest News from the Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee (CFRTAC): EPA public meeting on the revised plan for the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site; Restoration work along the Clark Fork River at the Milltown Superfund site proceeds at a brisk pace; State crews continue to gather site-specific information to help determine cleanup plans for the upper Clark Fork River Superfund site
December Headlines from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
December News from the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality
Montana Standard: Missoula company finds way to produce key chemical
Montana Standard: Upper Missouri changes could boost fish, trees
Montana Standard: Conservation easement protects elk habitat
Montana Standard: $2,500 reward: Another trophy moose poached
Montana Standard: Officials seek restrictions at Holter Lake
Montana Standard: East Bitterroot bighorns facing massive die off
Missoulian: Clean living: Missoula company’s environmentally friendly invention has ‘potential to change world’
Missoulian: Montana industries have eyes on global climate pact
Missoulian: Work begins on Bitter Root Irrigation District repairs

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