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Internal federal memo could endanger Montana wildlife (opens the original)
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An internal U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff memo said the incidental killing or injuring of a protected animal – otherwise known as a "take" – is now illegal only if it was intentional. Erica Pencak, senior attorney for Defenders of Wildlife, called it an absurdly narrow interpretation of the term and described the change as "about as bad as it gets" for wildlife." It would be legal to kill an endangered animal as long as you didn't intend to kill it," Pencak explained. "The problem with this is th
Montana tribal colleges face growing funding challenges (opens the original)
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Tribal colleges in Montana and across the country are facing steep federal funding cuts and inconsistent philanthropic support, according to a new report. The American Indian College Fund and the Brookings Institution's study found chronic underfunding in Indian Country. Elijah Hopkins, interim president of Ft. Peck Community College, said federal grants have become extremely competitive and his college has lost several of them over the past few years. "Even though we've maintained the same amou
Montana's Tracks Trail gives kids hands-on lesson in wildlife habitat (opens the original)
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A new exhibit at one of the newest parks in Helena, Montana, is teaching kids about wildlife habitat, one track at a time. The Tracks Trail at Prickly Pear Park in East Helena features seven sets of tracks in concrete slabs, with hints about which animal left the tracks. Kids flip the sign to get the answer and learn about the animal and its environment. Konner Goetsch, a Big Sky Watershed Corps member and education program assistant for the Prickly Pear Land Trust, developed the trail and wants
Repair backlog puts focus on funding for MT public lands (opens the original)
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Repair bills for Montana's public lands are in the hundreds of millions of dollars and lawmakers are being pushed to do something about it. Congress allowed the National Parks and Public Lands Legacy Restoration Fund to expire last year. It was part of the Great American Outdoors Act passed in 2020 and set aside more than $9 billion for deferred maintenance projects nationally. Rep. Lyn Bennett, R-Columbia Falls, said Glacier National Park is an economic engine for the Flathead Valley and all of
Famed Montana book charts a new legislative course (opens the original)
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Potential legislation, decades in the making, aims to protect an iconic stretch of river in Montana, while drawing on a phrase from the state's literary history. The "A River Runs Through It" plan would expand and protect wilderness areas around the Upper Blackfoot River in western Montana. It is an area made famous by Norman Maclean's book, "A River Runs Through It." John Maclean, his son, said while it is much more popular now, it still matches the river of Maclean’s memories when he fished wi
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