MISSOULA, Montana, March 19 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - Feisty, Rare Mountain Mammal Threatened by Loss of Snowpack, Winter Recreation * * * Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect wolverines as required by the Endangered Species Act. There are fewer than 300 wolverines left in the contiguous United States. The animals are severely threatened by climate change, which reduces the spring snowpack   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Officials with the United States Department of Agriculture have approved plans submitted by several states regulating domestic hemp production. Under federal law, states wishing to license hemp production must submit their plans for approval from the federal agency. To date, the agency has approved plans submitted by the following states: Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, Montana,  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The R Street Institute issued the following news release on March 18: Because of the Supreme Court's recent hearings on Espinoza vs. Montana Department of Revenue, tax credits have become a high-profile topic of conversation among legislators and reformers. In the ninth installment of a series on civil society, Victoria Bell, assistant director of K-12 education relationships at The Philanthropy Roundtable, shows the efficaciousness of tax credits--not just for improvin  more