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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…