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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Montana presidential and state primaries
Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Montana presidential and state primariesThe general election for a race that could determine the Senate majority begins right after Montana voters lock in their nominees in Tuesday’s primaries.
Montana minor league baseball team in dispute with National Park Service over arrowhead logo
Read full article: Montana minor league baseball team in dispute with National Park Service over arrowhead logoA minor league baseball team in Montana is calling out the U.S. Department of Interior for “unwarranted and relentless” trademark claims in a battle over the use of an arrowhead logo.
Former Navy SEAL seeks GOP nod to challenge Montana Democratic US Sen. Tester in 2024
Read full article: Former Navy SEAL seeks GOP nod to challenge Montana Democratic US Sen. Tester in 2024Former U.S. Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy says he will seek the 2024 Republican nomination to challenge Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester as the Democrat tries to secure a fourth term.
Zinke's Trump Cabinet days shape Montana race for US House
Read full article: Zinke's Trump Cabinet days shape Montana race for US HouseDonald Trump’s former interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, is facing challenges on three fronts in his bid for a Montana U.S. House seat — from a Democrat, a Libertarian and Zinke's own mixed reputation among voters.
Watchdog: Ex-Interior head Zinke lied during casino probe
Read full article: Watchdog: Ex-Interior head Zinke lied during casino probeAn internal watchdog says former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to investigators about conversations he had with lobbyists, lawmakers and other officials regarding a bid by two Indian tribes to operate a casino in Connecticut.
Judge revives Obama-era ban on coal sales from US lands
Read full article: Judge revives Obama-era ban on coal sales from US landsA federal judge has reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump.
Ryan Zinke wins GOP nod in race for new Montana House seat
Read full article: Ryan Zinke wins GOP nod in race for new Montana House seatFormer Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has won an unexpectedly tight race to become the Republican nominee in the race for a new U.S. House seat representing western Montana.
Democrats seek criminal charges against Trump Interior head
Read full article: Democrats seek criminal charges against Trump Interior headDemocrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a Trump administration interior secretary engaged in possible criminal conduct while helping an Arizona developer get a crucial permit for a housing project.
US investigators: Zinke misused his Interior secretary job
Read full article: US investigators: Zinke misused his Interior secretary jobGovernment investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a Montana development project and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement.
Judge: US can't delay challenge to public land coal sales
Read full article: Judge: US can't delay challenge to public land coal salesA U.S. judge has rejected the Biden administration’s attempt to delay a lawsuit from several states and environmental groups that would end sales for coal mining leases on federal lands.
Former Trump official Zinke eyes Montana's new US House seat
Read full article: Former Trump official Zinke eyes Montana's new US House seatFormer Montana congressman and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has filed election paperwork indicating he is interested in running for the second U.S. House seat awarded to the state.
New migration maps serve as tools to help big game in West
Read full article: New migration maps serve as tools to help big game in WestThey watch as big game animals in the West chase emerging spring greenery to ever-higher elevations, then return to lowlands to avoid the worst of winter's cold and snow. Roads, such as Interstate 80 from Wyoming to California, also hold up and kill migrating big game animals. Reintroduced populations of Western big game animals need decades to rediscover migration routes, research suggests. Mark Gordon in February designated three mule deer migration corridors with plans for others where state officials would encourage but not force help from landowners. And we now have a whole toolbox full of tools that we can use to maintain these migration corridors,” Kauffman said.
Conservation groups upset by North Cascades grizzly decision
Read full article: Conservation groups upset by North Cascades grizzly decisionSPOKANE, Wash. The forested mountains in and around North Cascades National Park in north central Washington state have long been considered prime habitat for threatened grizzly bears, so environmental groups are upset the Trump administration scrapped plans to reintroduce the apex predators there. Grizzly bears only occupy less than 5% of their historic range, and the North Cascades presents prime habitat for grizzly bears,'' said Andrea Zaccardi, an attorney with the group. "Their recovery there is critical to the overall recovery of grizzly bears in the U.S.The center contends the North Cascades could support more than 700 grizzly bears over 9,000 square miles of habitat. Federal grizzly bear recovery plans are mandated by the Endangered Species Act and require grizzly recovery in the North Cascades, Gunnell said. Now the largest concentration of grizzlies, numbering less than 1,800, are around Montana's Glacier National Park and around Yellowstone National Park.
Feds might reintroduce grizzly bears to North Cascades in Washington
Read full article: Feds might reintroduce grizzly bears to North Cascades in WashingtoniStock/skibreck(CNN) - The US government might reintroduce the grizzly bear to the North Cascades area in northwest Washington and has re-opened the proposal for public comment. "There were some members of the public and elected officials that requested additional opportunity to comment on it," National Park Service spokeswoman Denise Shultz said. The proposal seeks to restore the grizzly population in the ecosystem to 200. The last time a grizzly bear was spotted on the US side of the North Cascade was in 1996, Shultz said. In the US, grizzly bears are active in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington.
U.S. readying for 400th anniversary celebrations
Read full article: U.S. readying for 400th anniversary celebrationsAugust will mark the 400th anniversary of the first documented arrival to America by Africans, who came by way of Point Comfort, Virginia, and were enslaved, in 1619. Last November, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke appointed the 14 members of the commission who will organize the commemoration of the anniversary. The commission will plan and carry out programs and activities throughout the country to highlight 400 years of contributions by African-Americans. Others are using the anniversary as a way to highlight what they believe is 400 years of inequality. The website 400yearsofinequality.org is encouraging people to tell their stories of oppression and resistance and ultimately unite to eliminate inequality going forward.