In Southwest Montana, the brown trout fish species is dropping in numbers across a wide range of the region’s rivers and biologists are stumped to the cause. From Melrose to Brownes Bridge, brown trout survey numbers are the lowest in 50 years. Montana Conservation Voters has released a report scoring legislators for their votes on a var...
Governor Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 701 into law Tuesday. It implements Montana’s adult-use recreational marijuana program and authorizes the Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Treatment Fund. Using marijuana tax revenue a portion of the tobacco tax settlement and a federal Medicaid match the HEART Fund will invest $25 mil...