The Montana Conservationist February 6
February 6, 2019
Greetings, TMC readers! You’ve officially made it through the longest month of the year (if not actually the longest mathematically, I’m pretty sure January is the longest metaphorically). It’s now February, my mailbox is full of seed catalogs, and a little groundhog told me there might be hope yet. Here’s what’s in TMC this week: […]
The Montana Conservationist January 10, 2019
January 10, 2019
Welcome to 2019, TMC readers! We hope your holidays were joyous, and that you’re returning to your desks, tractors, or wherever, inspired and ready to make 2019 a big year for conservation! This week in TMC: As the 2019 legislative session convenes, MACD has begun posting updates on our legislative activities. National Geographic has a […]
The Montana Conservationist December 20
December 20, 2018
Welcome to the last TMC of 2018! We’ll make this short, since we know you’ve got halls to deck, gay apparel to don, and fa-la-la-la-las to sing. This week: The Montana Rangelands Partnership is shining a spotlight on the Franko Ranch in Prairie County for their stewardship work Students from Simms and Lewistown are solving […]
The Montana Conservationist December 5
December 5, 2018
Greetings, TMC readers! Today we are celebrating World Soil Day! So in honor of this festive & fertile annual occasion, we have lots of soil-related topics: We have movement on two long-awaited and important federal topics this week. First up, negotiators have reached a tentative Farm Bill agreement to rectify the differences between House and […]
The Montana Conservationist October 31
October 31, 2018
Welcome to this week’s Montana Conservationist! It’s not a trick, it’s a treat. This week, we’ve got some not-so-spooky conservation news for you: Roundup rancher and frequenter of the conservation collaboration world Bill Milton has received an award from the Western Landowners Alliance for his commitment to stewardship. Congrats, Bill! An upcoming oil and gas […]
The Montana Conservationist October 17
October 17, 2018
Greetings readers! It’s a beautiful fall day in Montana, and we’ve got conservation news coming at you faster than the leaves dropping from the trees. A new study from UC Santa Barbara directly ties public grazing to ranch economic health, and to the health of sage grouse populations. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say […]
The Montana Conservationist
October 3, 2018
It’s October 3. And it’s time for TMC! Our stories this week are totally fetch, so read on: Congress recently let two bills important to conservation lapse. Both the 2014 Farm Bill – for which a replacement bill is in negotiation – and the Land & Water Conservation Fund expired on Sunday without an extension […]
The Montana Conservationist September 20
September 20, 2018
Greetings readers! September is a bountiful season, and we’re not short on conservation news this week. So take a break from your harvesting, hunting, gathering, and canning projects and give this week’s TMC a read: Lincoln CD has begun an awesome project restoring a stretch of the Tobacco River after years of degradation from the […]
The Montana Conservationist September 6
September 6, 2018
Greetings readers! It’s time for The Montana Conservationist. This week, there’s a lot of new (or, newly appointed) faces in our conservation world: NRCS has appointed a new State Conservationist. Tom Watson, formerly the assistant state conservationist in Oregon, will be leading the agency in Montana. In Southwest Montana, high school students with the Montana […]
The Montana Conservationist August 22
August 22, 2018
Greetings, readers! Today, the hot topic is water and what lives in it. From snails and grayling to toxic algae we’re diving deep into Montana’s waters. In today’s issue: Some Big Hole River residents are getting another look from the Feds. And by ‘residents’ and ‘look’, we mean Arctic Grayling and their possible Endangered Species […]