HELENA, Montana, Feb. 28 -- The Alliance for the Wild Rockies issued the following blog posting: * * * Alliance for the Wild Rockies wins Ninth Circuit victory to protect imperiled Cabinet-Yaak grizzly bears in Montana The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council in their challenge to the Black Ram project on the Kootenai National Forest in Montana. The Ninth Circuit decision on February 24th affirms the lower court's dec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release: * * * Fort Peck Tribes, Conservation Groups Defend Yellowstone Bison Plan in Court Billings, Mont. - The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, alongside conservation groups including NPCA, filed a motion to join a lawsuit to defend Yellowstone National Park's science-based bison management plan. The intervenors argue that a lawsuit filed by the state of Montana in December is a misguided ef  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 24 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Fort Peck Tribes, Conservation Groups Move to Defend Yellowstone Bison Plan in Court Billings, MT -- The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, alongside conservation groups, today filed a motion to join a lawsuit to defend Yellowstone National Park's science-based bison management plan. The intervenors argue that a lawsuit filed by the state of Montana in December is a misgu  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 27 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Montana's copycat Christian nationalist resolution undermines religious freedom Just a week after the North Dakota Legislature voted down a concurrent resolution that would have "acknowledged the Kingship of Jesus Christ," Montana's Legislature is poised to introduce a joint resolution with the same outrageous theocratic language. The Montana resolution also call  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 25 -- Project Lead The Way, an organization that says it develops STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) curriculum for use by elementary, middle and high schools, issued the following news: * * * Phillips 66 Expands Middle School STEM Support through Contributions to PLTW Phillips 66 and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) announced an additional investment of $1 million to support STEM learning for middle school students across the U.S. This continued pa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Tribes, Conservation Groups Move to Defend Yellowstone Bison Plan in Court "Montana's suit challenging the National Park Service's Yellowstone bison plan is akin to standing in the path of our national mammal's cultural restoration to Indigenous communities. The Bison Conservation Transfer Program is working well, bringing these animals back to grasslands and tribes where they bel  more