Environmental Groups Fight Proposed Mining Project

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Environmental Groups Fight Proposed Mining Project

Wildlife destruction, that’s what some environmental groups are campaigning to avoid. “save our smith” is the slogan...

August 29, 2014

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Judge halts change to grizzly habitat designation

A federal judge has blocked a plan to carve new roads into a 36,700-acre block of secure grizzly bear habitat within the Stillwater State...

August 25, 2014

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Tintina makes its case

Meagher County could increase its budget by more than $20 million per year if Tintina Resources builds a copper mine a mile from a...

August 22, 2014

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Black Butte Mine aquifer tests move ahead

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has given Tintina Resources the go-ahead to dig four new deep wells to test the aquifer...

August 8, 2014

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Number of crude oil trains through county increases

Between 12 and 16 trains traveled through Lincoln County, each carrying more than 100 cars of Bakken crude oil, during a one-week span in...

July 29, 2014

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Guest opinion: Climate change is scientific reality

As scientists who have lived and worked in Montana, we understand the scientific principles demonstrating that human activity is rapidly...

July 24, 2014

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Hundreds comment on Black Butte mine proposal

For a relatively small project, a mining company’s proposal to dig a few test wells generated a significant number of public...

July 23, 2014

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DEQ: Water testing for copper mine will have no impacts

Proposed water testing for a planned copper mine near the headwaters of the Smith River would have no impacts on groundwater quality and...

July 1, 2014

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Plan to expand logging on grizzly, bull trout habitat near Whitefish in court

A state plan to expand logging on school trust lands would ruin crucial habitat for grizzly bears and bull trout near Whitefish, attorneys...

June 27, 2014

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Montana Crude Rail Routes Revealed

A dozen or more trains carrying crude oil from the Bakken region are moving across northern Montana every week, skirting the edge of...

June 26, 2014

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