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The Libby Ranger District and the Three Rivers Ranger District began conducting prescribed fire operations on Tuesday, April 3.

ExxonMobil is proposing a carbon emissions project here in Montana. Here's what you can do about it.

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has awarded $3.1 million for 13 projects to reduce wildfire risk to communities and improve forest health. The funding money is part of the $15 million Montana Forest Action Plan, which takes a big-picture approach to reducing the risk of wildfires. Wyatt Frampton, deputy division administrator of forestry and trust lands for the Montana Department of Natural Resources, said the money will be used to foster fire-management cooperation between state and private landowners across 3,200 acres of forest. ...

Today is the deadline for public comment on Montana's Lolo National Forest management plan. Advocates say the input will shape how the land is used for decades, but others say it could go further. This is the first time the Lolo management plan has been revised since the late 1980s, said Montana Wildlife Federation board member and retired U.S. ...

Environmental groups have submitted an alternative for grizzly reintroduction in the Bitterroot as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers the impacts of bringing the species back to the ecosystem.