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Vocal opposition to Roadless Rule revocation

An energized crowd filled an auditorium at Helena’s Holter Museum March 13 to discuss a federal proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, which protects...

Public lands up for grabs?  

Have you ever said something you wish you could take back? Pretty much all of us are familiar with foot-in-mouth disease.  But that, apparently, is...

EPA proposal threatens local streams and wetlands

Streams and wetlands in Jefferson and Lewis and Clark counties face losing federal protections under a new proposal to redefine the waters to be...

What to know about East Helena’s slag

A broad black mountain dominates East Helena’s landscape, rising approximately 150 feet into the sky and often blotting out the winter sun, depending on...

The spectacular solitude of the forest: Platt Q&A

When you fall in love with trees not long after learning to walk, you may end up spending your life in, around, and thinking...

A water warning from the Southwest

This fast-passing winter has been much warmer than usual, and less wet, worsening the troubling conditions that have plagued southwest Montana for years. Lewis...

Has Montana passed a water tipping point?

It’s a new year, but water remains one of the most urgent issues facing Montana. Water access is likely to define future development, as...

EPA set to clean up 100s of East Helena yards

In line with a more stringent local standard adopted in 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to remediate hundreds of East Helena yards...

Diving into water rights with a pro

Water has been all over the headlines lately, particular in The Monitor. From Boulder selling bulk water to a posh ranch-resort in the Crazy Mountains...

Slaking our fast-growing thirst

“If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake and I have a straw,” fictional early 20th-century oilman Daniel Plainview explains to preacher...

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