The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes welcomed U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to celebrate the transfer of the Nation Bison Range in Moise to tribal governance Saturday. She addressed the crowd gathered at CSKT College and called the transfer a triumph of collaboration and indigenous conservation.
Montana Representatives Request More Time For American Prairie Protest Period
Senator Steve Daines and Representative Matt Rosendale have written to Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Land Management’s Director Tracy Stone-Manning asking them to extend the protest period following the agency’s approval of a revised grazing permit for American Prairie last week. It wants to use 63,000 acres of fe...
Montanan Sworn In As Fish & Wildlife Service Director
Martha Williams was sworn in Tuesday as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service by Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Before joining the Biden-Harris administration Williams served as the Director of the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks from 2017 to 2020. Previously she was an Assistant Professor of Law at the Blewett...
Over $1 Billion Infrastructure Funds To Address Tribal Water Rights
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Tuesday the Biden administration will use $1.7 billion from the infrastructure bill to fund 16 tribal water rights settlements. They include the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes along with the Blackfeet and Crow Nation. The money will ensure that tribes get access to water they’ve been...
Congressman Rosendale Continuing Push To De-list Grizzly Bears
With the Northern United States’ grizzly bear population back to over 1,000 many groups and representatives are calling for the animal to be removed from the endangered species list and National Resources Committee member Matt Rosendale is one of them. The Congressman points to the current Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland as one of the reason...
Former Governor Appointed To Public Land Foundation
Former Montana Governor Steve Bullock has been named a founding member of the Foundation for America’s Public Lands by Secretary of the Interior Deb Halland. It will help leverage public and private dollars to conserve protect and restore lands more than 245 million acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in 12 western sta...
Sentaor Tester Comments On Emergency Gray Wolf Request
21 U.S. Senators asked Interior Secretary Deb Halland Thursday to shield wolves from being killed for 240 days while permanent protections are considered. The request is in response to Republican-backed state laws in Montana and Idaho that make it easier to kill the predators. Senator Jon Tester was not among those who made the request but sta...
Former Montana Director Nominated To U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Martha Williams the former director of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks was nominated Thursday by President Joe Biden to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She was appointed shortly after Biden’s inauguration to her current deputy position before Thursday’s nomination to serve in the vacant director’s post. Williams will face a future con...
MSU To Open New Native American Studies Building This Weekend
Montana State University’s American Indian Hall plans to celebrate its grand opening this weekend with representatives from tribes around the region and U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Tuesday on Voices of Montana the head of MSU’s Department of Native American Studies Dr. Walter Fleming was a guest. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-co...
Native American Tribes Requesting Interior Secretary To Re-List Gray Wolves As Endangered
In a letter, dozens of American Indian tribes asked Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Tuesday to immediately enact emergency protections for gray wolves saying states have become too aggressive in hunting the animal. For instance Montana allows hunters to kill up to 10 wolves each and allows private payments for dead wolves reminiscent of bountie...