State moves inmates to Riverside unit to free beds
The Montana Department of Corrections shifted 50 inmates from the Montana Women's Prison in Billings to the Riverside Special Needs Unit in Boulder. The action clears space for higher security prisoners as HB 833 seeks about 246 million dollars for a new women's prison and Riverside upgrades, awaiting Gov. Gianforte’s signature.
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Doc Pio
Alexandria Klapmeier
Montana Department of Corrections
Montana Women’s Prison
Billings
Riverside Special Needs
Boulder
Women’s Prison
Blair Miller
Blair.miller
Helena
Riverside
John Fitzpatrick
Greg Gianforte
Department of Corrections
Brian Gootkin
Toxic metals in aerial retardants challenged in court
MISSOULA A federal lawsuit in Montana challenges the use of red gel aerial fire retardants by the Forest Service. Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics claim the practice violates the Endangered Species Act as the gel, made from inorganic fertilizers and salts, is dropped ahead of wildfires to slow spread but poses toxic risks to ecosystems.
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Missoula
Montana
Forest Service
Environmental Ethics
Blacktail Creek Restoration Push Linked to Butte Club
Blacktail Creek in Montana near Butte, once polluted, is target of NRDP funded restoration to revive trout habitat and support Silver Bow Creek. The plan centers on the Butte Country Club irrigation pond and surrounding creek area, with funding from an Atlantic Richfield settlement.
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Silver Bow Creek
Blacktail Creek
Butte
Highland Mountains
Atlantic Richfield
The
America
NRDP
Butte Country Club
Big Hole River group sues DEQ over water standards
The Upper Missouri Waterkeeper filed a 121 page lawsuit in district court seeking state response to nutrients pollution in the Big Hole River. A show cause hearing is set for Friday in Lewis and Clark County District Court with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality as defendant. The case centers on numeric versus narrative water quality standards and SB 358. EPA rejected parts of SB 358, a point emphasized in the suit.
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Upper Missouri Waterkeeper
Big Hole
Lewis and Clark County
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
DEQ
Big Hole River Foundation
Montana
EPA
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