Articles with the Tag: Montana
News from the Office of Governor Gianforte EAST HELENA — At a second-grade class at Prickly Pear Elementary School, Governor Greg Gianforte recently signed a bill to fund Montana’s K-12 public schools at historic levels. The funding measure adds $52.1 million to the state’s K-12 BASE a...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — A new grant-funded project aims to support Montana State University Extension agents to make Montana communities more conducive to active lifestyles. The project, “Built Environment Approaches to Physical Activity: Testing Community-Driven Implementation Strategie...
News from Jill Baker, Executive Director Humanities Montana MONTANA — On March 31, DOGE and the Trump Administration notified the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of deep cuts to staff and programs at the agency, which would put crucial funding for state humanities councils, including H...
Montana livestock production will be challenged by the climate conditions projected for 2030-2100 that result from increasing greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. The challenges center on the interactions between a changing climate and evolving prices for animals, rising production costs, pan...
News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Amber Steed was named the new Region 1 (northwest Montana) supervisor for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. Steed is replacing Lee Anderson, who recently retired. As regional supervisor, Steed oversees regional implementation of depa...
News from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks released the 2025 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan recently, wrapping up an extensive public process to capture updates to wolf management strategies and research into a new plan. The fin...
News from Energy Share of Montana MONTANA — March 31 marked the end of the winter moratorium in Montana, which is that period of time when regulated utility companies need to first obtain approval from the Public Service Commission before disconnecting a customer’s natural gas or electricity...
Many of the issues that we discuss at the legislature can seem distant and complicated to the average Montanan. Hunting is not one of those issues. This session, I am sponsoring Senate Bill 270, which brings more science into our state’s tag system for elk hunting. The bill both protects elk in areas w...
I raise my voice for Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Kahlil. Trump is silencing Mahmoud through politically-targeted illegal deportation. Trump doesn’t like Mahmoud’s opinions and activism on Gaza. I’m a retired white guy living in Montana. I have a duty to my country ...
News from Noah Rott, Sierra Club Press Secretary MONTANA — Following up with more updates on important environmental bills at the legislature the Montana Sierra Club is tracking. HB285 “Generally Revise the Montana environmental policy act,” which would gut environmental rev...
