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Landowners Have Until March 15 To Apply For FWP Public Access To Public Lands Programs
Landowners have until March 15 to submit applications to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks for enrollment in the Unlocking Public Lands (UPL) Program or the Public Access Land Agreement (PALA) Program. These programs are designed to provide recreational...
Montana State Announces Finalists For Agritourism And Sustainable Agriculture Program
The Montana State University College of Agriculture has announced finalists for a new leadership program focused on sustainable agriculture and agritourism. The Montana Agritourism Fellows Program will center on the goal of developing leaders to...
Daines, Rosendale, Zinke Push For Local Engagement In American Prairie Reserve Grazing Proposal
U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Representatives Matt Rosendale and Ryan Zinke sent a letter on Jan. 27 urging the Biden administration to hold its appeals hearing concerning the American Prairie Reserve Grazing Proposal in Malta, instead of Billings,...
Commissioners Meet For Regular Discussion and Decision
In their first meeting of the year and Commissioner Mary Armstrong’s first meeting as Chairman, the Valley County Commissioners met for their regular Discussion and Decision meeting on Jan. 4. In addition to their normal business of approving...
Governor Gianforte Appeals Judge's APR Bison Grazing Decision
Governor Greg Gianforte announced on Dec. 23 his administration has filed its briefing in the appeal of a judge’s decision denying the state’s petition for stay after the Biden Administration approved the American Prairie Reserve’s request to...
Rosendale Urges Reversal on Grazing & Land Allotment Decision
On Oct. 28, Congressman Matt Rosendale sent a letter demanding that the Montana Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) reverse their position on livestock grazing on land allotments in Montana. The decision ignores 9...
Stockgrowers Commends State For Halting Bison Grazing On State Lease
The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) commends the state of Montana for their action in not providing authorization of bison grazing, construction, modifications, or electrification of fences on Flat Creek and Whiterock state allotments. “We...
Daines Demands Explanation Over Dismissal of Montana Ag Concerns in APR Grazing Decision
U.S. Senator Steve Daines sent a letter to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning on Oct. 27, demanding an explanation for the flagrant dismissal of Montana ag groups’ concerns in the decision making process for the America...
Water Rights
Dear Editor, Stockwater is one of Montana's oldest water uses and is critical to the continued survival of a Montana livestock industry. Before the Montana Water Use Act of July 1, 1973, livestock...
Why Are We Treated Differently?
Dear Editor, The Montana Cattlemen's Association is disappointed in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) decision to authorize the American Prairie Reserve to use 63,065 acres of public lands in...
Governor Gianforte Appeals Biden Administration's Bison Grazing Decision
In addition to Attorney General Knudsen and the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) filing appeals, Governor Greg Gianforte has also appealed the Biden administration’s approval of the American Prairie Reserve’s (APR) bison grazing proposal...
Creating Access and Restoring Wildlife
Dear Editor, Every person in Montana, regardless of income, deserves an opportunity to enjoy our great outdoors. That's why I'm happy to report that two recent developments at American Prairie have...
Attorney General Knudsen Asks Federal Panel To Overturn BLM's Bison Grazing Decision
On Aug. 26, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen asked a federal board to overturn the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to grant a permit change allowing bison grazing in Phillips County. The permit is a part of the American Prairie Reserv...
BLM Issues Final Decision on Bison Grazing Proposal
The Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision on July 28 for a bison grazing proposal involving seven allotments in Phillips County, held by American Prairie, which allows for bison grazing on six of the seven allotments. The Telegraph...
Comments On The BLM'S EA For The APR Changes
Dear Editor, There is a saying in northeastern Montana that a couple of good rains make every rancher a good grass manager. The converse is that a couple of years of severe drought show who the good...
Bison Restoration Guided by Science, Laws and Partnerships
Dear Editor, After four years of analysis and public input, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued their proposed decision on American Prairie's application to restore bison across 63,000 acres...
VC Commissioners Protest Letter To BLM On APR Decision
The following letter written by the Valley County Commissioners was sent to Field Manager Tom Darrington at the Bureau of Land Management Malta Office on April 13. Tom Darrington, Field Manager Bureau of Land Management Malta Field Office 50 I South...
Stockwater Rights Vs. The WWF's Plans
Dear Editor, Unfortunately, the stars are lining up for the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) grandiose plan to rewild the Northern Great Plains. Their pilot project in northeastern Montana, being...
Daines, Rosendale Urge Biden Admin To Extend Protest Period for Bison Grazing Proposal
U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Congressman Matt Rosendale wrote a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Debra Haaland and Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning on April 4 urging to extend the protest period on the proposed...
BLM Finalizes Bison Grazing Proposal EA, FONSI and Issues Proposed Grazing Decision
This article contains information provided by the Bureau of Land Management, Montana Stockgrowers Association and the Montana Public Lands Council. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a proposed decision on a bison grazing proposal...
The Battle For The Soul Of Central Montana Is On
Dear Editor, In the next few weeks, it is believed that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be releasing its Record of Decision (ROD) on the American Prairie Reserve's (APR) application for...
Top Headlining Articles of 2020
Biden Intends to Rescind Keystone XL Permit JAN. 20 - In yet another setback to TC Energy and the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, CBC in Canada was first to report on Jan. 17 confirmation of...
'They're Approaching the Tyrannosaur Paddock'
Hovering directly above the remains of a tyrannosaurid discovered in the Badlands of Valley County, helicopter pilot Rob Sperry needed to remain stationary as archaeologist Josh Chase connected a...
Knudsen Calls on BLM to Scrap Bison Grazing Proposal
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is worried the American Prairie Reserve's (APR) bison grazing change of use permit proposal could have a disastrous economic impact on Valley County farmers...
Ranchers Against Proposed BLM Bison Rule
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen at 6 p.m. Sept. 15 stopped by the Malta High School Auditorium to give citizens a chance to comment on a grazing issue involving Bison, the American Prairie...