A team including a Montana State University snow scientist has published research showing that a severe snow drought, like the one that aected the western U.S. in 2026, would occur four times less frequently during the preindustrial period than in the current era of climate change. The findings were published July 20 by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Marianne Cowherd,

In partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality has awarded funding to 10 grid resilience projects across the state to strengthen electric infrastructure and improve reliability for Montana communities. The projects will help utilities upgrade aging infrastructure, reduce outage frequency, shorten restoration times following storms and extreme

The Governor’s office has appointed fourth-generation Sheridan County producer Tanner Jorgensen to the Montana Pulse Crop Committee. Jorgensen fills an eastern district seat, succeeding longtime board member Paul Kanning. Operating near Dagmar in northeast Montana, Jorgensen raises green peas, durum, spring wheat, barley and oilseeds alongside his parents, Tom and Jandy Jorgensen. Jorgensen