The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is accepting applications for Ag Lands Easements, Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Conservation Stewardship Program, Regional Conservation Partnership Program and Wetlands Reserve Easements. To be considered for funding in the current cycle, producers and landowners should apply by: • EQIP: Oct. 25 • RCPP Entity Held

A busy rail corridor through northwest Montana was closed over the weekend after a train derailed and spilled hundreds of tons of grain on the southern edge of Glacier National Park. On Saturday morning at approximately 5:42 a.m., a westbound BNSF Railway grain train derailed near Bear Creek, about four miles east of Essex. Nobody was injured in the derailment but 12 rail cars went off the tracks,

A proposed amendment for an item on the Nov. 12 Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting agenda is available for public review and comment online. The commission will meet at Montana WILD and virtually on Nov. 12 at 8:30 a.m. The amendment, proposed by Commission vice-chairman Pat Tabor, from Region 1, would change the following fishing regulations with respect to spearfishing in the Western