A review of climate damage caused by coal mining on public lands was launched Thursday by the U.S. Interior Department as the Biden administration expands its scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. The review also will consider if companies are paying fair value for coal extracted from public rese...
Help Improve Mule deer habitat at Wyoming’s Pinedale Mesa
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is partnering with the Bureau of Land Management to improve mule deer habitat on the Pinedale Mesa south of Pinedale and could use some help from volunteers. Overgrown, unproductive sagebrush is being removed in places and being replaced with over 2,700 seedlings of preferred browse species including chokec...
EPA Bans Chlorpyrifos Pesticide
The Environmental Protection Agency is banning a common pesticide widely used since 1965 on fruits and vegetables in the Midwest and North Dakota. Nadia Ramligan from Pacifica Network and Public News Service reports. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-20_637.mp3
1st COVID Case In Montana State Prison Reported In 2 Months
The Montana State Prison has reported its first COVID-19 cases among inmates at the facility since May. The Montana Department of Corrections reported three new cases on its website this week bringing the total cases among inmates there to 493 since its first case last October. One inmate is currently hospitalized while six have died from comp...
Montana Petroleum Association Joins Lawsuit Against DOI
The Montana Petroleum Association and 11 other energy industry trade groups filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s indefinite pause on oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands and waters. MPA Executive Director Alan Olson on the exact reason ...
Steve Daines Highlights Infrastructure Sending Detail In Montana
Today, Senator Steve Daines talked with our Billings affiliate’s Scott Fredrick about one item in the latest infrastructure bill that he’s scratching his head over. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-19_1137.mp3
Montana FWP Considering Simplying Big Game Hunting Requirements
Among major changes Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is proposing for big game hunting regulations are larger hunting districts and fewer types of licenses and permits. Montana currently has more than 160 hunting districts for elk and deer. Regulations vary widely across the state from liberal hunting with the use of general licenses to restric...
Yellowstone National Park Mulling Timed-Entry
Yellowstone National Park won’t implement a timed-entry system next year but it’s still possible. Northern News Network’s Eric Young. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-19_737.mp3
Montana Economist Provides Context To State’s Pandemic Response
A Montana Chamber of Commerce sponsored economic update was held Wednesday in Billings at the Northern Hotel. Executive Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research Patrick Barkey addressed the group and afterwards on Voices of Montana he spoke about how Montanans reacted when the pandemic hit and shut the state down. https://nort...
Governor Gianforte To Cut Ribbon At Calumet Montana Refining
This morning at 10:15 Governor Greg Gianforte will join Calumet Montana Refining at a formal ribbon cutting ceremony in Great Falls to celebrate the first railcar of seed oil feedstock. Monday, during a Voices of Montana program from Big Sky where Montana played host to the annual Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) Summit, Dave Galt, wh...