The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is encouraging members of the public to attend one of the upcoming meetings to begin Phase II of the public collaborative process on elk feedground management. Elk Feedgrounds – A challenge we can take on began last fall with initial shared-learning sessions. This summer, Phase II begins with six publ...
Additional SNAP Benefits To End For Montanans This Fall
When Governor Greg Gianforte ended the state’s pandemic emergency declaration June 30, it signaled the end of expanded federal food assistance for all 49,000 households in Montana that received SNAP benefits who were getting the extra federal boost since January. It will go back to the standard amount in October. The state will continue ...
Custer Gallatin Road To Close For Two Weeks
The gate to Upper Fairy Lake Road will be closed for two weeks starting next week. Northern News Network’s Eric Young has more. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7-14_832.mp3
Fire Danger Across Western Montana Raised To “Extreme”
Land managers across western Montana raised their fire danger ratings to “Extreme” Tuesday, as hot dry weather patterns entrenched over the border with Idaho. Fire agencies in Missoula, Mineral and Ravalli counties have already confronted 227 wildfires this summer three-quarters of which were human-caused and at least 45 have start...
New IRS Payments Coming To Qualifying Montana Families
More than 100,000 Montana families with children could begin receiving monthly child tax credit payments as early as Thursday from the Internal Revenue Service. It’s estimated that the monthly payments $300 for each child younger than age 6 and $250 for children ages 6 to 17. From July through December there will be monthly payments. Come tax ...
Western States Severely Impacted By Wildfires
Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states Tuesday and the largest in Oregon threatened a portion of California’s power supply. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, nearly 60 wildfires tore through bone-dry timber and brush from Alaska to Wyoming and Montana Idaho a...
Mule deer shot near Rosebud and left to waste
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are seeking information on two mule deer that appear to have been shot and left to waste on or near the last day of June in the Rosebud area. On June 30, FWP Region 7 Warden Sergeant Casey Prell responded to an area just north of Horse Creek Road, north of Rosebud, to investigate the incident. One...
Floating Discouraged on the Smith River
Due to safety concerns and low flows, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff discourages any floating on the Smith River. The Meagher County Sheriff’s office issued a pre-evacuation notice for the Smith River corridor from Camp Baker to the confluence with Blacktail Creek due to the Ellis Fire, which had grown to nearly 900 acres Sunday. The...
Public Comment Period Extended For BLM Environmental Assessment
The public now has a total of 90 days to submit comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s draft Environmental Assessment and finding of No Significant Impact for a bison grazing proposal by the American Prairie Reserve on BLM-administered lands in Phillips County instead of 60. The comment period will now end September 28th. https://no...
State Supreme Court Requested To Take Case On Governor-Appointed Judge
Two former Democratic lawmakers Tom Winter and Barbara Bessette challenging Montana’s new judicial appointment process have asked the Montana Supreme Court take their case from the District Court saying the governor’s appointment of a Cascade County District Court judge has created urgency for a decision. They petitioned the court ...