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Saturday, January 14, 2017
Friday, January 13, 2017
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Lake County and PL 280 / Bison Capture / Fiat Chrysler / Russian Hacking
Missoulian: Lake
County votes its intent to withdraw from federal law in hopes it doesn't have
to…
The following are the media releases posted by Lake County in Polson Montana
January 11, 2017 - Public Law 280 Presentations
Frequently Asked Questions about Public Law 83-280
Public Law 83-280
The following are the media releases posted by Lake County in Polson Montana
January 11, 2017 - Public Law 280 Presentations
Frequently Asked Questions about Public Law 83-280
Public Law 83-280
Missoulian: Yellowstone
begins controversial bison capture
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Air Ambulance Charges / Badger-Two Medicine / Blackfoot Travel Plan / Cabinet Nominations
Missoulian: Bill
aims to protect patients from huge air ambulance charges
SB 44: Provide process to hold patients harmless from balance billing by air ambulance
SB 44: Provide process to hold patients harmless from balance billing by air ambulance
Missoulian: Final
energy leases canceled on Badger-Two Medicine land
Interior Department Cancels Remaining Oil and Gas Leases in Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine Area
“We are proud to have worked alongside the Blackfeet Nation and the U.S. Forest Service throughout this process to roll back decades-old leases and reinforce the importance of developing resources in the right way and the right places.” said Secretary Jewell. “The cancellation of the final two leases in the rich cultural and natural Badger-Two Medicine Area will ensure it is protected for future generations.”
Interior Department Cancels Remaining Oil and Gas Leases in Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine Area
“We are proud to have worked alongside the Blackfeet Nation and the U.S. Forest Service throughout this process to roll back decades-old leases and reinforce the importance of developing resources in the right way and the right places.” said Secretary Jewell. “The cancellation of the final two leases in the rich cultural and natural Badger-Two Medicine Area will ensure it is protected for future generations.”
Missoulian: Forest
Service completes travel planning for Lincoln area
Blackfoot Travel Plan (non-winter)
Blackfoot Travel Plan (non-winter)
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
BLM Horse Populations / Endangered Bumble Bee / Harriet Tubman National Historical Park / Montana Legislative Bills
Pryor
Mountain Wild Horse Range Appropriate Management Level (AML) Recalculation
Report
PRYOR MOUNTAINS WILD HORSE RANGE HMA
2015 Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Gather
PRYOR MOUNTAINS WILD HORSE RANGE HMA
2015 Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Gather
Missoulian: Rusty
patched bumblebee declared endangered
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)
“As pollinators, rusty patched bumble bees contribute to our food security and the healthy functioning of our ecosystems. Bumble bees are keystone species in most ecosystems, necessary not only for native wildflower reproduction, but also for creating seeds and fruits that feed wildlife as diverse as songbirds and grizzly bears.”
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)
“As pollinators, rusty patched bumble bees contribute to our food security and the healthy functioning of our ecosystems. Bumble bees are keystone species in most ecosystems, necessary not only for native wildflower reproduction, but also for creating seeds and fruits that feed wildlife as diverse as songbirds and grizzly bears.”
“The new park commemorates the work of the fearless
Underground Railroad conductor during her later years in life, when she was an
active proponent of womens’ suffrage and other causes. The park is located at
the site where Tubman lived and worshiped in Auburn, New York, caring for
family members and other formerly enslaved people seeking safe haven in the
North.”
Montana Bills in the News:
HB
32: Revise school funding related to special education
Monday, January 9, 2017
Reforming Montana's State Public Defender / Air Ambulance Bills
HB 46 Generally revising funding
for civil legal aid
HB 57 DPHHS to determine eligibility
for state public defender services
HB 58 Require public defender workload
assessment study
HB 59 Revise appointment of public
defender for putative father in neglect cases
LC1853 Revise credit reporting laws for air ambulance debt from
balance billing
Friday, January 6, 2017
No STEM Scholarships / Yellow-cedar Decline / Delaware Police Shooting
Missoulian: Students
won't get promised STEM scholarships
HB: Revising expenditures and providing supplemental appropriations
HB: Revising expenditures and providing supplemental appropriations
Stand of dead Yellow-cedar trees from the report cited below.
Missoulian: Study
documents tree species' decline due to climate warming
Yellow-cedar Decline Research
“Yellow-cedar is a culturally and economically valuable tree that has been dying on more than a half-million acres for the past 100 years in southeast Alaska and nearby British Columbia. The goal of our research is to provide an understanding of the cause of yellow-cedar decline and to help develop a conservation and management strategy to ensure the long-term health of this valuable tree in Alaska’s forest ecosystems.”
Yellow-cedar Decline Research
“Yellow-cedar is a culturally and economically valuable tree that has been dying on more than a half-million acres for the past 100 years in southeast Alaska and nearby British Columbia. The goal of our research is to provide an understanding of the cause of yellow-cedar decline and to help develop a conservation and management strategy to ensure the long-term health of this valuable tree in Alaska’s forest ecosystems.”
Missoulian: No
civil rights charges in police killing of paralyzed man
DOJ Releases Report on Wilmington Police Use of Force
“With respect to the fourth police officer who discharged his firearm, Senior Corporal (S/Cpl) Joseph Dellose, the Attorney General did believe that the state should attempt to gather sufficient evidence to pursue a felony assault charge, based upon S/Cpl Dellose’s conduct in immediately confronting Mr. McDole rather than communicating with officers who S/Cpl Dellose knew were already on the scene, and discharging his shotgun in the manner that he did. However, after hiring a former federal prosecutor from Pennsylvania to prepare a case for possible criminal prosecution and after consulting with two nationally recognized police use-of-force experts who had recently recommended criminal charges against the Cleveland police officer who shot Tamir Rice, and after receiving opinions from both of those experts that S/Cpl Dellose’s actions did not constitute criminal conduct under the Delaware Code, DOJ concluded that it could not proceed with a criminal prosecution against S/Cpl Dellose given that the defense would present unchallenged expert testimony that S/Cpl Dellose’s conduct was reasonable.”
DOJ Releases Report on Wilmington Police Use of Force
“With respect to the fourth police officer who discharged his firearm, Senior Corporal (S/Cpl) Joseph Dellose, the Attorney General did believe that the state should attempt to gather sufficient evidence to pursue a felony assault charge, based upon S/Cpl Dellose’s conduct in immediately confronting Mr. McDole rather than communicating with officers who S/Cpl Dellose knew were already on the scene, and discharging his shotgun in the manner that he did. However, after hiring a former federal prosecutor from Pennsylvania to prepare a case for possible criminal prosecution and after consulting with two nationally recognized police use-of-force experts who had recently recommended criminal charges against the Cleveland police officer who shot Tamir Rice, and after receiving opinions from both of those experts that S/Cpl Dellose’s actions did not constitute criminal conduct under the Delaware Code, DOJ concluded that it could not proceed with a criminal prosecution against S/Cpl Dellose given that the defense would present unchallenged expert testimony that S/Cpl Dellose’s conduct was reasonable.”
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