A proposal to remove dams along the lower Snake River in Idaho has been presented to the U.S. Congress to preserve the native salmon population but has been met with opposition across the Pacific Northwest. Montana Electric Cooperatives’ CEO Gary Wiens argued recently on Voices of Montana this would be counterproductive to meeting carbon-free ...
Average Gas Price In Montana Now $4.09
AAA says gasoline prices have stabilized with WTI Crude around $108 this morning and Brent Crude about 114 a barrel. Montana’s average price for a gallon of regular gasoline hovers around $4.09. Montana and Wyoming prices have seen the largest weekly change of plus 8 cents for a gallon of regular. Earlier this week Wyoming’s average pric...
Wolves Killed In Region 3 Surpass Limit
Three more wolves were killed in southwestern Montana’s Region 3 hunting district where Yellowstone National Park visitor com to see them even after Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks closed the season there on February 17th when the 82-wolf quota was reached. So far this winter 25 wolves known to park officials have been killed in Montana, Wyo...
Governor Gianforte Defends State Wolf Management
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is taking wolves off of the endangered species list in most of the country, but not in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Governor Greg Gianforte defended the state’s handling of the predator recently on Voices of Montana.
BNSF Taking Over Montana Rail Link Tracks
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway will take over Montana Rail Link and its 900 miles of track in Montana and Idaho. The Monday announcement said the deal will eliminate BNSF’s need to change freight between the two railroads will continue strengthening the resiliency of the supply chain and enhance rail capacity in the Pacific Northwest. MR...
20 Gray Wolves From Yellowstone National Park Killed
Twenty gray wolves who roamed from Yellowstone National Park in recent months were shot by hunters the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago. According to the Associated Press fifteen were shot after roaming across the park’s northern border into Montana. Five more ...
Grizzly Management Decision Moves To Montana Officials
Finalizing a revised plan for managing grizzly bear mortality in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem took a step forward Tuesday when The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved it. The memorandum of agreement now must be approved by wildlife officials in Montana and Idaho before the Cowboy State can petition the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Federal Judge To Hear Arguments In Favor Of Wolf Hunts
U.S. government attorneys will appear before a federal judge today to defend a decision from the last days of the Trump administration to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the nation. Wildlife advocates argue the state-sponsored hunts including in Montana, Idaho and Wisconsin could reverse the gray wolf’s recovery over the ...
BLM Digitize Easements Of Montana Land With Public Access
The Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service have digitized easements identifying access routes to 450 tracts of public land including about 29,600 acres in Montana and Idaho that had previously been identified as landlocked. Efforts are also underway via legislation introduced in Congress. Both the House and Senate are considering the MA...
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...