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Mike Garrity writes, "Biden’s climate pledges are meaningless unless his Forest Service ceases its ever-increasing and illegal logging."

Richard Manning writes, "At the very least, the lands’ management needs to be forcibly amputated from the parks department and entrusted to a separate, stand-alone entity run by restoration ecologists."

Two environmental groups are suing the state of Montana for approving additional wolf trapping that could harm or kill grizzly bears.

While one should never say never, fire officials are feeling optimistic that the end of the 2023 fire season may be at hand.

An effort to purchase 480 acres on Marshall Mountain took another step forward on Tuesday when Missoula County approved an option agreement with Five Valleys Land Trust.

Some residents around the city, including experts, believe the deer population has now reached a threshold that requires organized action.

The 2021 Montana Legislature passed several bills increasing the length of season, types and uses of traps, snares and hunting aids to kill wolves and black bears. Trappers can now use neck snares in addition to leg-hold and Conibar body-squeezing traps.

A strong bipartisan majority of the Montana Legislature has passed a bill using marijuana tax revenue to fund Habitat Montana and county road maintenance, but supporters anticipate a governor's veto.

Conservationists are asking Montana's governor to veto a bill expanding ranchers' opportunities to kill grizzly bears once the species is removed from the Endangered Species List.

Missoula federal district Judge Dana Christensen ruled a permanent injunction was justified to delay the 56,000-acre Knotty Pine Project while a lawsuit against the Kootenai National Forest proceeds.