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Montana and Idaho waters endure harmful pollution from upstream Canadian coal mines

A Montana District Court upheld Montana’s selenium water quality standard for Lake Koocanusa (Koocanusa Reservoir), affirming the science-based limits necessary to protect fish and other aquatic life.

Organizations fear harm to waters, wilderness area, and ESA-protected species

A coalition of local and national organizations filed suit over the Trump administration’s fast-tracked approval of the Libby Exploration Project in northwestern Montana’s Cabinet Mountains.

A coalition of local and national organizations filed suit over the Trump administration’s fast-tracked approval of the Libby Exploration Project in northwestern Montana’s Cabinet Mountains.

Suit claims Bureau of Land Management walked away from 2015 commitments to sage-grouse to benefit oil and gas industry

60-day notice states recently-approved West Reservoir Project could harm grizzly bears and bull trout

Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan notified the Trump administration of their intent to sue over the recently-approved West Reservoir timber project in Flathead National Forest, which would allow for new roadbuilding that could harm federally-protected grizzly bears and bull trout.

Groups claim Montana DEQ failed to analyze impacts to, water, agriculture, wildlife, climate and the community

Several Montana groups appealed a District Court decision that failed to address the harmful impacts of the Bull Mountains Coal Mine’s AM6 expansion.

Public has right to know NorthWestern’s data center plans under state constitution

Community, conservation, and Indigenous-led organizations challenged a Montana Public Service Commission protective order that shields NorthWestern Energy’s letters of intent to provide electricity service to data centers from public view.

Federal agency rammed through expansion, illegally skipped environmental analysis, shut out public

Conservation groups sued the Trump administration over its approval of a major expansion of the Bull Mountains Coal Mine in Montana.

The administration’s proposal sets a dangerous precedent on public land management, reversing longstanding practice

American Prairie challenged a U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal that, if approved, will revoke grazing permits used to sustain the group’s bison herd in north-central Montana.

The National Parks Conservation Association, Montana Environmental Information Center and Sierra Club filed a challenge to EPA’s approval of Montana’s “regional haze” plan.

A timeline of the creation of and 25-year fight to defend the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Policy.