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A federal court magistrate has found that the Flathead National Forest has failed to consider the impacts of new road-building projects on grizzly bears and bull trout, saying the United States Forest Service is ignoring science in order to arrive at its approval for the project which has been contested since 2018. Magistrate Kathleen DeSoto […] The post History repeating itself: Federal court strikes down Flathead National Forest plan appeared first on Daily Montanan.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved listing wolverines as threatened under the Endangered Species Act on Wednesday, earning praise from conservation groups who have fought for the listing for

In the cold pre-dawn gray of Sept. 17, more than 500 runners began a 50-kilometer trek around Big Sky Resorts Lone Mountain, soon to be followed by more than 600 others embarking on a 20-kilometer journey. Also in the Gallatin Mountains that day, likely somewhere just south of Big Sky, was a grizzly bear that severely mauled a man on Sept. 8.

In the cold pre-dawn gray of Sept. 17, more than 500 runners began a 50-kilometer trek around Big Sky Resorts Lone Mountain, soon to be followed by more than 600 others embarking on a 20-kilometer journey. Also in the Gallatin Mountains that day, likely somewhere just south of Big Sky, was a grizzly bear that severely mauled a man on Sept. 8.

In the cold pre-dawn gray of Sept. 17, more than 500 runners began a 50-kilometer trek around Big Sky Resorts Lone Mountain, soon to be followed by more than 600 others embarking on a 20-kilometer journey. Also in the Gallatin Mountains that day, likely somewhere just south of Big Sky, was a grizzly bear that severely mauled a man on Sept. 8.

In the cold pre-dawn gray of Sept. 17, more than 500 runners began a 50-kilometer trek around Big Sky Resorts Lone Mountain, soon to be followed by more than 600 others embarking on a 20-kilometer journey. Also in the Gallatin Mountains that day, likely somewhere just south of Big Sky, was a grizzly bear that severely mauled a man on Sept. 8.

In the cold pre-dawn gray of Sept. 17, more than 500 runners began a 50-kilometer trek around Big Sky Resorts Lone Mountain, soon to be followed by more than 600 others embarking on a 20-kilometer journey. Also in the Gallatin Mountains that day, likely somewhere just south of Big Sky, was a grizzly bear that severely mauled a man on Sept. 8.

In the cold pre-dawn gray of Sept. 17, more than 500 runners began a 50-kilometer trek around Big Sky Resorts Lone Mountain, soon to be followed by more than 600 others embarking on a 20-kilometer journey. Also in the Gallatin Mountains that day, likely somewhere just south of Big Sky, was a grizzly bear that severely mauled a man on Sept. 8.

A Swan Valley environmental group has found more evidence that Forest Service road closures are often ineffective, and the resulting illegal road use threatens Montana’s fish and wildlife.

Local environmental groups are objecting to a Glacier National Park plan to establish native bull and westslope cutthroat trout in Gunsight Lake.