The Montana Conservationist

Dear reader, I’m writing to you today with my last dispatch of The Montana Conservationist. I (your editor, Kate Arpin) have decided to step down from my position with SWCDM…

Greetings, readers! This week in The Montana Conservationist: Louis Wertz of the Western Landowners Alliance wrote a great op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune about the trouble with ranchettes. They…

This week in The Montana Conservationist: AIS inspectors have found 13 boats transporting invasive species in Montana, an increase over previous years. It’s more important now than ever to stay…

Greetings, readers! This week we’ve got a hearty TMC for your Memorial Day Weekend reading pleasure. Behold: A recent study modeled shrub encroachment on a sloping landscape and found that…

This week in the Montana Conservationist: The Montana Department of Ag is encouraging Montanans to “Get out and Grow” a garden, with an online campaign and educational materials to help folks along…

This week in TMC: We’ve got an interesting article about earthworms – not only how they can be essential for soil health, but how destructive they can be when introduced…

Greetings, TMC readers. I hope this finds you safe, healthy, and snuggled into the comfort and/or chaos of your home offices. The world is a strange place at the moment,…

Greetings, readers! We have a great issue of The Montana Conservationist for you this week: Lake County CD is putting on trainings across the state next week to help other…

This week in The Montana Conservationist: The BLM is proposing new regulations for grazing, and now is your time to submit your comments on the changes! The EPA has published…

Greetings readers! We’re back from an extended break, and hope you missed us. In this week’s TMC: Senator Daines is introducing a new agreement to settle the CSKT water compact,…

Welcome to the August edition of The Montana Conservationist. In this issue: The Prairie Populist has been doing an excellent job covering the work of Conservation Districts. In this recent…

Greetings, TMC readers! We return to your regularly scheduled, full length edition of TMC today. It took two peach milkshakes to get this edition together, but here we are. Without…

Hello, loyal readers! This week in TMC: Governor Bullock has formed a panel to assess forested state lands and make a plan for management. Our own Steve Hedstrom has been…

Welcome to the middle-of-May edition of The Montana Conservationist. We’ve got conservation news popping up faster than morel mushrooms after a fire. The stories this week: Springtime is the season…

Greetings, TMC readers! We’ve got lots of great stories today in TMC: Coal wrecked Belt Creek, polluting the stream with mine runoff that often turns the water orange even a…