Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has backpedaled on a controversial elk management strategy after a public response that FWP director Henry “Hank” Worsech described as a “firestorm.” Even after the department backed away from the most contentious proposal it had planned to present to the Fish and Wildlife Commission, public commenters continued to raise concerns at yesterday’s commission

Together with the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Governor Greg Gianforte has announced the state will invest $5.5 million in federal funding to help eligible health care workers with the cost of child care. “Over the last 20 months, Montana health care workers have made tremendous sacrifices as they’ve treated and cared for Montanans. Many are moms and dads who,

U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont) and John Thune (R-S.D.) last week led a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to address a gap in coverage under the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program. In September, USDA announced it would provide ELAP assistance for the cost of transporting feed to livestock, but producers