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The once-abundant brown trout population in the upper Clark Fork River has plummeted. Recent electrofishing by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks counted only 25 fish per mile. Biologists are puzzled.

Once Australia's pit mines are out of commission, what will be done with the massive voids left behind?

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Land Design’s fresh approach to a Superfund site brings the prospect of a better future for the residents of Butte, Montana. By Sarah Chase Shaw In November 2018, Stacey Robinson, ASLA, stood up in front of a group of roughly 100 people at the Butte Brewing Company and unveiled a master plan for 160 acres

The new Public Lands Rule would put conservation on par with other uses.

Engineers have long struggled to keep snow geese away from Montana’s toxic Superfund site, but ecologists have a new plan.

Engineers struggled to keep snow geese away from acidic, deadly Superfund site in Montana.

Westerners continue to innovate despite adversity.

Engineers struggled to keep snow geese away from Montana’s deadly Superfund site, but ecologists have a new plan.

Insert your favorite weed pun - here - but these are the highest (elevation) communities in Montana, all at least 6,000 feet above sea level.