Welcome to the middle-of-May edition of The Montana Conservationist. We've got conservation news popping up faster than morel mushrooms after a fire. The stories this week: Springtime is the season when many districts host youth education events. The Choteau Acantha…
Greetings, TMC readers! We've got lots of great stories today in TMC: Coal wrecked Belt Creek, polluting the stream with mine runoff that often turns the water orange even a century after the Anaconda Belt mine closed. Now, coal financing…
Hello from rainy northwest Montana, TMC readers! I hope that the snow is finally melting wherever you are, and maybe you've even put some seeds in the ground. This week, we've got lots of conservation news for you: Is your…
Greetings, TMC readers! I hope the sun is poking through wherever you're reading this, and that you've spent at least a little time this week looking for the signs of summer that are beginning to emerge around us. I've been…
Greetings, TMC readers! Happy first day of spring!! Yes, we really did make it. And from my office in NW Montana, it really truly is even feeling like spring. Hoorah! This week in TMC: Studies have consistently shown that septic leachate…
Greetings, readers! Have you successfully shoveled your way to your computer desk? A hearty congratulations to you! Now take a little break, and check out what's in the Montana Conservationist this week: Rebecca Knapp, the District Conservationist in Carter County,…
Greetings, TMC readers! We are invading your inbox this week with a lot of stories about invasive species, and some things we can all do to prevent them. Next week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week! We asked the Montana…
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…
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,…