Krakauer v. Comm. of Higher Ed./ School Lunches

Missoulian: Montana Supreme Court orders lower court review in Krakauer case
Krakauer v. Comm. of Higher Ed.

Missoulian: Here's where the most families qualify for free school lunches

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines

Forest Service and Hazardous Fuels

Missoulian: IG report faults Forest Service hazardous fuels priorities

Forest Service Wildland Fire Activities - Hazardous Fuels Reduction (PDF)

Yellowstone's Steve Iobst Retiring

Steve Iobst, Deputy Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park

NPS photo by Neal Herbert

Missoulian: Yellowstone National Park top official to retire

Yellowstone Deputy Superintendent Steve Iobst to Retire
“Steven F. Iobst, deputy superintendent of Yellowstone National Park has announced his retirement after over 42 years of continuous service with the National Park Service. He will retire September 30, 2016.”

Well Loophole/ American Pika

Missoulian: Montana Supreme Court rules against water well 'loophole'
Clark Fork Coalition v. Montana Well Drillers

“The Act permits certain groundwater appropriations to be exempt from the permitting process. Relevant here, § 85-2-306(3)(a)(iii), MCA, provides an exemption when a groundwater appropriation does not exceed 35 gallons per minute and 10 acre-feet per year. However, the subsection also provides an “except[ion]” to the exemption when a “combined appropriation” from the same source by two or more wells or developed springs exceeds 10 acre-feet per year, regardless of flow rate.”

Missoulian: Protections rejected for American pika, other species
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings on 10 Petitions

Yellowstone River/ Idaho Whitefish Kill

Bozeman Chronicle: Another Yellowstone River section reopened to recreation; large portion still closed

YELLOWSTONE UPDATES: Upper Stretch Open to Fishing

Bozeman Chronicle: Idaho confirms whitefish kill in South Fork of Snake River
Biologists investigate fish kill on South Fork of the Snake River

Delisting Grizzlies/ Campaign Complaint

Missoulian: Bears on the move as delisting plan gets new public comment review 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
 

Missoulian: Complaint filed over Americans for Prosperity flier mailed to Montanans

 Skokos v Americans for Prosperity
“Scott Skokos filed a complaint against Americans for Prosperity, alleging violations of campaign finance practices.”
 

Beartooth Pass/ Mine Cleanup/ NASA OSIRIS Asteroid Mission

Missoulian: Beartooth Pass reopens Tuesday morning
Beartooth Highway Road Clearing

  

Missoulian: DEQ, Trout Unlimited partner to reclaim Elliston-area mine
Expanded engineering evaluation & Cost Analysis

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, enclosed in a payload fairing, is lifted Aug. 29 at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that is to lift OSIRIS-REx into space was stacked at SLC-41 so the spacecraft and fairing could be hoisted up and bolted to the rocket. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis

Missoulian: NASA chasing down asteroid to scoop up, bring back samples
OSIRIS-REx Prepared for Mapping, Sampling Mission to Asteroid Bennu