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The number of fish in the three rivers that make up the Jefferson River has been going down for several years. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is working to find out why.

Nine public recreation improvement projects on Missouri and Madison rivers received $750,000 in grant funding.NorthWestern Energy contributed$164,446, the Miss

Experts across the West have met to discuss the potential impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act as the one-year anniversary of the piece of legislation approaches. Michael Cravens, advocacy and conservation director for the Arizona Wildlife Federation, said the bill makes the largest investment in the nation's history to combat climate change, by incentivizing responsible clean-energy projects. In Arizona, he pointed out climate change has made lack of water the biggest concern, despite good rainfall this past winter and now during monsoon season. ...

An environmental group in Knoxville wants to stop construction at the Uranium Processing Facility, part of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. For six decades, Y-12 has been processing, and storing highly enriched uranium. Tanvi Kardile, coordinator for the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, said the Uranium Processing Facility is being built to replace older buildings from the 1940s. ...

Organizations in Georgia are getting an opportunity to develop and enhance green spaces to help mitigate some effects of climate change. Through the Bezos Earth Fund's Greening America's Cities initiative, nine groups in Atlanta have received nearly $8 million to create more parks, community gardens, nature trails and tree canopies. Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the Bezos Earth Fund, emphasized with the increasing frequency of extreme weather events and rising temperatures, the role of green spaces in climate resilience becomes even more crucial. ...