I think this is one of the best ... potential projects in Montana because of the core habitat and the connectivity,” - Sen.

Brett French Lee Newspapers Dec 23, 2024 Dec 23, 2024 With land prices soaring in Montana, groups that assist landowners with conservation easements to protect sage grouse habitat from being developed ...

“ The Forest Service has neglected its duty to protect sage grouse and its habitat for 15 years,” said the wildlife federation's counsel Tom France. “ It's time for the service to live up to its ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A ranching group's recommendation that landowners, ranchers and hunters reduce hunting pressure on sage grouse this fall is drawing criticism from hunting groups and wildlife ...

A project to permanently protect 53,000 acres of private timberland in Flathead and Lincoln counties cleared a final hurdle ...

BILLINGS — Sage grouse gained a guarantee in 2012 that a portion of their brushy prairie habitat in northeastern Montana won’t be developed. Late last year, Sterling Carroll, owner of more than 16,000 ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won’t list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West’s wind energy and ...

Over the last several years, sportsmen, ranchers and oil and natural gas companies have worked with federal and state wildlife agencies, and local working groups to develop effective mitigation ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy ...

With land prices soaring in Montana, groups that assist landowners with conservation easements to protect sage grouse habitat from being developed are running into a financial roadblock.