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BRETT FRENCH The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to acquire more than 11,000 acres south and east of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, a portion of which is along a five-mile stretch of the lower Musselshell River. In an environmental assessment the agency released on Monday, the proposed acquisition would consolidate 39,130 acres of its land along the border of Petroleum and Garfield counties that abuts the refuge. In the process, the acquisition would provide access to 8,040 acres of BLM land and 1,320 acres of State Trust lands now inaccessible to the publ...

About 6,000 rural Montanans are one step closer to having high-quality well water available to their homes and businesses.

Congress Passed a Bipartisan Conservation Law. Then the Trump Administration Got in its Way Republicans and Democrats together approved the Great American Outdoors Act, but the administration has ignored planned projects and imposed rules restricting spending. December 16, 2020 The California Coastal National Monument started with 1,711 acres of donated land, then expanded with the help of funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Now it offers unique coastal habitat for marine-dependent wildlife and vegetation along the California coastline. Credit: David Ledig/Bureau of Land Manage...