Greetings, TMC readers! We return to your regularly scheduled, full length edition of TMC today. It took two peach milkshakes to get this edition together, but here we are. Without further ado: Montana Range Days was held last week in…
Greetings, TMC readers! I hear that it's finally stopped snowing in West Yellowstone, and you know what that means: summer is here! So take this edition of TMC and a nice, cool drink to your nearest umbrella-covered sitting spot, and…
Hello, loyal readers! This week in TMC: Governor Bullock has formed a panel to assess forested state lands and make a plan for management. Our own Steve Hedstrom has been appointed to the council to represent conservation districts Forbes reports…
Welcome to the middle-of-May edition of The Montana Conservationist. We've got conservation news popping up faster than morel mushrooms after a fire. The stories this week: Springtime is the season when many districts host youth education events. The Choteau Acantha…
Greetings, TMC readers! We've got lots of great stories today in TMC: Coal wrecked Belt Creek, polluting the stream with mine runoff that often turns the water orange even a century after the Anaconda Belt mine closed. Now, coal financing…
Hello from rainy northwest Montana, TMC readers! I hope that the snow is finally melting wherever you are, and maybe you've even put some seeds in the ground. This week, we've got lots of conservation news for you: Is your…
Greetings, TMC readers! I hope the sun is poking through wherever you're reading this, and that you've spent at least a little time this week looking for the signs of summer that are beginning to emerge around us. I've been…
Greetings, TMC readers! Happy first day of spring!! Yes, we really did make it. And from my office in NW Montana, it really truly is even feeling like spring. Hoorah! This week in TMC: Studies have consistently shown that septic leachate…
Greetings, readers! Have you successfully shoveled your way to your computer desk? A hearty congratulations to you! Now take a little break, and check out what's in the Montana Conservationist this week: Rebecca Knapp, the District Conservationist in Carter County,…
Greetings, TMC readers! We are invading your inbox this week with a lot of stories about invasive species, and some things we can all do to prevent them. Next week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week! We asked the Montana…