White Cliffs of the Upper Missouri River Breaks (photo by Linda Fiordiliso)
Following a lawsuit filed by Montana’s Governor Steve Bullock, William Perry Pendley was out as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) when a federal court ruling found that he had illegally served 424 days in that role. The arsonist is no longer in charge of the fire department.
Now is our chance to right some terrible wrongs. That’s why we are calling on Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, to first rescind the Lewistown and Missoula RMPs – along with other decisions affecting Montana’s public land – and start over.
The Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act took an important step forward this week (photo courtesy of EcoFlight)
On Wednesday, Sept. 16, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act (BCSA), an early but important step toward the bill becoming law.
The West Pioneer Wilderness Study Area is one of the areas addressed in the EQC's final report (photo by Kevin League)
On September 9, the Montana State Legislature’s Environmental Quality Council released SJ20: The Fate of Wilderness Study Areas, its final report on Montana’s Forest Service WSAs.
Looking over autumn larch towards the Swan Range in the Flathead National Forest (photo by Hannah Ettema)
The current administration continues to try to advance its industry-friendly agenda by dramatically increasing oil and gas drilling on our public lands.
Aerial view of Sweetgrass Canyon, part of the Crazies land exchange proposal (photo courtesy of EcoFlight)
Consolidating land in the Crazies is a necessity if we ever want to legislatively protect these mountains in the future.
Steve Daines' Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act includes several details aren’t really about wildfire protection and community safety (photo by Diana Proemm)
While Daines' bill contains a wide range of wildfire-focused elements, it also includes several of Daines’ old forest reform tricks that aren’t really about wildfire protection and community safety.
