February 26th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Historic mess
Montana Standard: Montana Snapshots
Montana Standard: Western Montana rich in medicinal plant power, expert says
Missoulian: NPS taking comments on work to close mine shaft in Glacier
Missoulian: Missoula-based Clark Fork Coalition takes in Montana Water Trust
Missoulian: MARK WARD: Warm February days bringing out fly fishers
Missoulian: New coal mines eyed near Bridger, Bear Creek
Missoulian: Testing for size: Trial run for this summer’s huge oil equipment moves smoothly
Missoulian: GREG TOLLEFOSN: Questions await Rock Creek mine backers
Missoulian: Activist groups rally for more protected bull trout habitat
Missoulian: FWP to let pneumonia take course with Rock Creek bighorn sheep
Missoulian: County commissioner says tweaking remains on Seeley Lake Regional Plan
Missoulian: 022810 chief cliff one
Missoulian: Fears over gun control benefit state wildlife agencies
Missoulian: State veterinarian recommends mandatory brucellosis vaccine
Missoulian: Missoula-based Clark Fork Coalition takes in Montana Water Trust
Missoula Independent: Bonner: Spruced up Stimson site
Missoula Independent: Helping the herd: Yellowstone bison need a temporary home with Turner
Missoula Independent: Wild pigs: Hogging the landscape
Missoula Independent: Prodigal Pack: A western Montana biologist believes wolves from Yellowstone may have found a home–in Colorado

February 24th, 2010:
The Waterblogger: Milltown, Montana: Film Creates a Cultural Portrait of Western Montana
The Waterblogger: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Examines Bull Trout Habitat

February 23rd, 2010:
Montana Standard: Lumber company agrees to remove toxic pond
Montana Standard: Our readers speak: Praise for German film on southwest Montana
Montana Standard: New fishing rules effective 2011
Montana Standard: Hunting and fishing group to discuss poaching
Montana Standard: Was Tester's wilderness proposal written in secret?
Montana Standard: Forest travel plan to be enacted
Missoulian: Glacier Park to close abandoned Van Pelt mine near Many Glacier
Missoulian: Geologists simulate ancient Lake Missoula floods
Missoulian: Judge rejects lawsuit challenging wilderness chopper landings
Missoulian: Group petitions EPA to reduce soot pollution
Missoulian: Coal-state Democrats oppose global-warming rules
Missoulian: State, feds work on fire acreage exchange
Missoulian: Return of Missoula horse racing may help revive circuit
Missoulian: Biologists hunt for secretive lynx in Utah mountains
Missoulian: Missoula City Council OKs temporary garage rule, contract for tree inventory
Missoulian: Law allowing guns in national parks takes effect Monday
Missoulian: Tough winter takes toll on mule deer in north-central Montana
Missoulian: People killed 20 grizzly bears in western, north-central Montana in 2009
Missoulian: Much at stake as sage grouse ESA ruling nears
Missoulian: Wolves continue to divide and polarize

February 19th, 2010:
Montana Standard: FWP to improve Glen Fishing Access, seeks comments
Montana Standard: Greenway funds cut
Missoulian: Stimson Lumber Co. agrees to clean up toxic cooling pond at Bonner mill site
Missoulian: Flathead Basin memorandum of understanding (pdf)
Missoulian: Schweitzer, B.C. premier sign agreement banning mines, energy development in Flathead basin
Missoulian: National Weather Service predicts low snowpack, rainy summer for Montana
Missoulian: National Weather Service 2010 water outlook (pdf)
Missoulian: GREG TOLLEFSON: Bull trout canaries of cold-water fisheries
Missoulian: Last drive: Film captures final bands of sheep herded to high-mountain wilderness pastures
Missoulian: Critics give Ravalli County officials earful on wildfire response plan
Missoulian: FWP: Whitetail hunt limited to bucks in northwest Montana for next two years
Missoula Independent: Recycling Market shrinkage
Missoula Independent: Environment No protections for pikas
Missoula Independent: Fire sale Latest Otter Creek vote creates dirty double standard
Missoula Independent: Plucked over Illegal eagle trade contributes to migratory decline
Missoula Independent: Plum position Seeley plan vulnerable to timber company protest
Missoula Independent: Bitterroot Border patrol
Missoula Independent: Bison burglar Turner deal sets dangerous precedent for state

February 17th, 2010:
EPA Site Update - Milltown - Feb. 3, 2009 (pdf)
Montana Standard: Primer: Cap-and-trade, and its cousin, cap-and-dividend, explained
Montana Standard: Superfund cleanups focus of public meetings in Butte
Montana Standard: 2 open houses planned on river rules
Montana Standard: Applications available for $7.5M in grant money
Montana Standard: Land Board lowers bonus bid for Otter Creek coal
Missoulian: British Columbia industrial development ban ends 36-year dispute over Flathead
Missoulian: Tester pays visit to power-producing landfill in Flathead
Missoulian: Public can comment on Clark Fork River access
Missoulian: Bitterroot, lower Clark Fork snowpack levels lowest in Montana
Missoulian: Bull trout protections up for public review before FWS habitat designation
Missoulian: North Fork Flathead protection latest in growing list of Northern Rockies conservation efforts
Missoulian: Park wolf population drops by 23 percent in last year
Missoulian: Wildlife officials say 88 Yellowstone bison will be moved to Turner ranch

February 12th, 2010:
Montana Standard: FWP Commission shoots down lead ammo ban
Missoulian: Polar explorer sees economic opportunity as driving force on global warming
Missoulian: Baucus, Tester will introduce legislation banning mining, energy development in North Fork
Missoulian: Review: ‘Milltown’ simply doesn’t show Milltown
Missoulian: EPA to propose Superfund listing for Black Eagle smelter site
Missoulian: Low snowpack may scuttle Libby Dam spill to help ailing sturgeon
Missoulian: British Columbia formalizes order banning Canadian Flathead mining, energy development
Missoulian: Judge says Ravalli County can sanction riverfront landowner in West Fork
Missoulian: State might be open to lowering minimum bid for Otter Creek coal
Missoulian: If verified, Colorado wolves would have protection of Endangered Species Act
Missoulian: FWP backs off plan to reduce Gallatin Canyon elk hunt
Missoulian: Helena airport assessing bird hazard
Missoulian: FWP Commission won't ban lead shot; opening day of big-game season moved from Sunday to Saturday
Missoulian: Judge extends snowmobiling season in Flathead National Forest
Missoula Independent: Battle for bull trout How: environmental advocates beat political perfidy
Missoula Independent: Logjam Will Tester's proposed changes save his forest bill?

February 10th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Wild horse grazing on hold
Montana Standard: Big Hole River rift
Montana Standard: White wilderness
Montana Standard: No bid on state's Otter Creek coal
Montana Standard: Ranger wolf: Predators pushed as park stewards
Montana Standard: Logging, wilderness bill Tester offers changes
Montana Standard: Wildlife agency takes up lead ammo ban
Missoulian: Effort hopes to keep Frenchtown wetlands from running dry after mill closure
Missoulian: Forest Service's Rock Creek firewood cutting limit on hold for another month

February 5th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Infection rate high among bighorns
Montana Standard: Sheep capture
Montana Standard: Initiative targets outfitters
Missoulian: Schweitzer, other governors discuss 'clean energy' push with president
Missoulian: Montana's mountains see third straight month of below-par snowfall
Missoulian: Schweitzer approves funding for Milltown, Blackfoot, Anaconda projects
Missoulian: MARK WARD: Ice fishing, derbies going strong around Montana
Missoulian: Many at Superior meeting favor state purchase of Fish Creek land, but support wanes for park plan
Missoulian: Legal fight over wolves in Northern Rockies a question of numbers
Missoulian: Proposed Tester forest bill changes (pdf)
Missoulian: Proposed Tester forest bill changes that won't be made (pdf)
Missoulian: Crowd details wildlife, water concerns in meeting on Georgetown Lake subdivision
Missoulian: Forest Service: New World Mine cleanup nearly finished after 10 years
Missoulian: Whitetail hunting may be limited to bucks in northwestern Montana
Missoulian: Pneumonia outbreak: FWP kills 28 bighorns in Upper Rock Creek herd
Missoulian: FWP seeks info on poaching of six deer near Chinook
Missoulian: Federal government denies endangered protection to pika
Missoulian: GREG TOLLEFSON: Despite humans, nature runs its course
Missoulian: Tester announces changes to Montana jobs, wilderness bill
Missoula Independent: Topographic tell-all:  Studying the ups and downs of climate change
Missoula Independent: Feeling abandoned:  Mine Program among Obama's proposed "savings"
Press Release: $140,000 AVAILABLE FOR ‘YOUTH SERVE MONTANA’ SCHOLARSHIPS (pdf)
New Website: Science, Society & Superfund: A Social History of America’s Largest Superfund Site
New Website: Your Water, Your Decision
Earth Gauge News for February 2010
North American Association for Environmental Education News: Feb. 3, 2010
Latest News from the Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee (CFRTAC)
2010 Riparian Challenge Call for Entries from the American Fisheries Society (pdf)
Reflections on the 2009 Year of Science from the Center on the Public Understanding of Science

February 2nd, 2010:
Montana Standard: Intersecting lines
Montana Standard: NCAT: The stars aligned in 2009
Montana Standard: Grazing fees on public lands unchanged
Montana Standard: Sheep at risk
Montana Standard: Despite hunts, wolves hold steady in N Rockies
Montana Standard: Mule deer numbers declining
Montana Standard: Another wolf pack in sights
Montana Standard: Snapshots
Missoulian: FWP seeks comment on Yellowstone River bridge replacement in Livingston
Missoulian: Wilderness institute taking grant proposals
Missoulian: Pneumonia confirmed in Upper Rock Creek bighorn sheep herd
Missoulian: WESTERN MONTANA LIVES: Len Schombel was vital to Milltown cleanup efforts
Missoulian: Proposed Fish Creek park project faces debate on mineral rights
Missoulian: Lolo National Forest cuts firewood access to protect Rock Creek
Missoulian: Gardening the woods: Forest Service welcoming ideas for restoring parcel
Missoulian: Cougar killed near Fred Burr Creek

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