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The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a close look at a 2020 rule that removed Clean Water Act protections from a significant number of waterways across the country, including a huge number of smaller streams and wetlands in Montana. Earlier this month, the agency announced its intention to revise the rule's definition of "Waters of the United States," which outlines which water bodies fall under the regulatory purview of the Clean Water Act, the 1972 law that established pollution...
In a wildfire briefing at the state Capitol attended by more than a dozen land use and wildfire response agency leaders, Gov. Greg Gianforte said he wants to double the number of treated acres on Montana's forests and pressured the National Park Service to extinguish all wildfire starts on park service lands. Gianforte said the state is undergoing a forest health crisis due to insect outbreaks, disease and heavy fuel loading that leads to an elevated wildfire risk. Increasing treatment - forest...
HELENA — The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee approved a bill earlier this session, that significantly strengthens penalties for hunters who trespass on private property. Rep. Denley Loge, R-St. Regis, is sponsoring House Bill 108. It adds teeth to a current law directing hunters to obtain landowner permission before entering private property. It also makes the penalties for violations harsher. Loge says the measure is inspired by his work on FWP’s Private Land/Public Wildlife Council and conversations he’s had with ranchers who are fru...
