Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host a Breaks Elk Working Group meeting Wednesday, April 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Rancher’s Stewardship Alliance office, located across the street from the post office in Malta. The BEWG group consists of landowners, hunters, outfitters, land management agency staff, and local businessmen that meet to discuss and make recommendations on elk management

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $22 million in partnerships that expand access to conservation technical assistance for livestock producers and increase the use of conservation practices on grazing lands. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting proposals through its Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative until Sunday, May 26. “Privately owned grazing

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division, hosted a Family Summit Wednesday, April 10, in Billings to support Montanans who have lost loved ones to the drug overdose epidemic. Over a dozen families from across Montana attended the summit where they learned more about what local, state and federal leaders

Monday, April 15, Governor Greg Gianforte announced the deadline to apply for two property tax relief programs would be extended to June 1 to give Montanans with a substantial hardship extended time to apply for relief. “Property taxes are too high, and homeowners deserve relief,” Gov. Gianforte said. “In an effort to provide property tax relief to Montanans, we worked with the legislature

Kyle Severson shot Tyler Hayden outside a Sidney convenience store on July 2, 2019. A jury convicted him of mitigated deliberate homicide and a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison. But even the judge noted the prosecutor’s handling of the case had been “a disaster,” and appellate attorneys for Severson claimed that prosecutors withheld evidence that later showed Severson had

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has announced that 36 trail organizations, communities and various land-managing agencies throughout Montana will receive Montana Trail Stewardship Program grant awards for their projects in 2024. Forty TSP applications were received this year from a variety of eligible applicants, including federal and state agencies, towns, cities, counties, recreational

Last week, Governor Greg Gianforte joined 21 governors in criticizing an effort by the Environmental Protection Agency to mandate new air quality standards that ignore concerns from western states and raise costs for Montana businesses and families. “The Biden administration continues to prioritize its radical environmental agenda over the needs of hardworking businesses and workers, including

As a part of his continued efforts to lower energy costs for Montanans and strengthen Montana’s energy production, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., recently introduced his bipartisan Supporting Energy in Rural America Act to improve the Renewable Fuel Standard Program and give Montanan’s small scale refineries a fair shake in competition with multinational oil corporations. “Montanans