HELENA, Montana, Feb. 22 -- The Alliance for the Wild Rockies issued the following blog posting: * * * Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Elk Habitat, Wildlife Corridors and Old Growth Forests in Montana The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a lawsuit in federal court in Montana against a road-building and commercial logging project on public lands in the Big Belt Mountains of Montana. The challenged Wood Duck project is located in a wildlife corridor that is critical for recovery   more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 21 -- The Property and Environment Research Center issued the following news release: * * * Colorado Ranch Pioneers Innovative Payment Project for Elk Habitat Conservation and Working Lands Conservationists collaborate with rancher to establish state's first "Elk Migration Agreement" Park County, Colorado--In a groundbreaking partnership, Eagle Rock Ranch, The Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT), and the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC),  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Legal Intervention Defends Powder River Basin Coal Leasing Decision Casper, WY - The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion today to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration's 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in Wyoming and Eastern Montana's Powder River Basin. In a last-ditch effort to revive the struggling coal indus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Legal Intervention Defends Powder River Basin Coal Leasing Decision CASPER, Wyo.-- The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion today to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration's 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in Wyoming and eastern Montana's Powder River Basin. In a last-ditch effort to revive the str  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Legal Intervention Defends Powder River Basin Coal Leasing Decision Casper, WY -- The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion today to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration's 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in Wyoming and Eastern Montana's Powder River Basin. In a last-ditch effort to revive the strugg  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Montana SB-277 Combats the Wasteful Influence of Public Sector Unions Montana has started off the year strong under Governor Gianforte's leadership, and its only looking to get more exciting for taxpayers. Public sector unions are an issue that republicans have struggled decades to reform. Fortunately for those who have been wanting for change regarding organizations which are so liabl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Montana Sierra Club, Cottonwood to Defend Yellowstone Bison from Montana Lawsuit Bozeman, MT - Today the Montana Sierra Club, represented by Cottonwood Environmental Law Center, filed a motion to intervene to defend the 2024 Yellowstone National Park Bison Management Plan, which increases population objectives from 3,000 animals to 6,000. Montana's recent lawsuit seeks to limit healthy popu  more