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

Zika/ Incest Case

Missoulian: Florida finds Zika in local mosquitoes, bromeliads blamed

Zika Virus

Missoulian: Montana Supreme Court overturns Great Falls incest conviction, orders new trial
State v. Weisbarth
“David Weisbarth appeals his conviction from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, for incest against his minor child, T.W. Weisbarth argues that he is entitled to a new trial based on the State’s failure to disclose T.W.’s medical records. We agree. The State obtained T.W.’s medical records and then failed to disclose those records to the defense. The medical records contained evidence that was clearly favorable to the defense, and the withheld evidence places the trial in such a different light that it undermines our confidence in the jury’s verdict.1  We reverse and remand for a new trial.”

Toxic Tailings in Butte/ Colstrip Carbon Capturing

Montana Standard: State looking into moving contaminated tailings in Butte
Natural Resource Damage Program
“Since 1990, the Natural Resource Damage Program within the Montana Department of Justice has been responsible for performing the necessary natural resource damage assessments and pursuing the lawsuit against ARCO. The state has settled its lawsuit through a series of settlement agreements completed in 1999, 2005 and 2008. In addition to the lawsuit against ARCO, in 2008 the state completed settlements for the Mike Horse Dam site and in 2009, for the East Helena site.”

Great Falls Tribune: Capturing carbon at Colstrip discussed

Governor Bullock Hosts Department Of Energy Officials to Discuss Carbon Capture and Enhanced Oil Recovery

Homeless Students

Missoulian: Homeless students get more attention under new education law

Education for Homeless Children and Youths Program Non-Regulatory Guidance
S.1177 — Every Student Succeeds Act

Clinton Emails

Missoulian: State: Benghazi emails involving Clinton recovered by FBI

Secretary Clinton Emails (this site may be updated)

Fires/ Park Safety

Missoulian: Copper King fire surges over the weekend, community meeting planned
Montana InciWeb
“Announcement: A community meeting will be held on Monday, August 29th at 7:00 p.m. at the Sanders County Fairgrounds Pavilion (30 River Road, Plains, MT.) Fire and local officials will provide an update on current and projected fire activity.”

Missoulian: Visitor misbehavior abounds as U.S. parks agency turns 100
Depreciative Visitor Use
“Unfortunately, park visitors also engage in what are termed 'depreciative behaviors' or actions that degrade park resources or experiences of other visitors. These inappropriate behaviors include such things as littering, feeding of wildlife, collection of green wood for use in campfires, disfiguring trees and rocks, and improper disposal of human waste in the backcountry. Other behaviors of concern include walking and hiking with pets that are not leashed, collection of specimens, construction of fire rings and ground fires in the backcountry, and shortcutting on trail switchbacks. The list of inappropriate visitor activities could become quite extensive.”

• Recommendations regarding ethical behavior when photographing wildlife generally and specifically related to digital photography.
• Watchable Wildlife program
• Leave No Trace program
• Izaack Walton League Outdoor Ethics program
• Tread Lightly program

Yellowstone NP Safety