Conservation Districts are local government entities across Montana run by local elected supervisors. Districts perform an array of functions, all geared toward in some way toward conserving soil and water. Over the last decade, almost $10 million in state tax money from the general fund went to the 58 districts
A new Montana law allows the eight federally recognized tribes the opportunity to sell marijuana across most of the state.
January 1, 2022 was the inaugural day for the recreational marijuana market in Montana pursuant to a voter initiative and a new law. For the next 18 months, former medical marijuana
Irrigators, recreationists, public safety officials, and other water users rely on stream gauges to measure a stream’s condition. Gauges provide the basis for many water use decisions across Montana–when to turn water into fields, when to store water, when to fish or float, or when to stop using water.
Montana’s streams
With only a few days left of 2021, the Legislature, Department of Revenue, and entire marijuana industry has spent the last year gearing up for January 1, 2022, when certain medical marijuana dispensaries will begin to sell adult-use marijuana products. Several
Leaders of the Montana Legislature deemed Jan. 26 as a Training Day for lawmakers. All legislators are invited to the capitol that Wednesday for refresher courses on campaigns and ethics, preparation of legislation, and other topics. Legislators can talk one on one with technical staff as well as researchers and
Hydrologists, climatologists, and other water experts and users are paying close attention to one question: How much water will get stored away in the state’s snowpack and soil this winter. This math can be spelled out in an equation (see above.) This natural storage is “delta S.”
Snowpack, of course, releases
If you recognized the title of this article as the first half of the FFA motto, good for you! It’s also a fitting descriptor for much of what the Education Interim Committee saw on its recent visits to Deer Lodge, Drummond, and Missoula.
The committee began its adventure at Montana
A 12-year-old research program created by the Montana Legislature continues to discover the complexities of Montana’s groundwater aquifers. From the Flathead River valley to Four Corners near Bozeman, that work continues, as a specially appointed steering committee weighs projects for a next round of research.
The Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission on Friday approved two congressional districts for Montana. In November 2022, Montanans will elect two representatives for the first time in more than two decades. Montana’s population growth over the last decade resulted in the creation of the second district. Previously, all
Recent technology improvements make it easier than ever for Montanans to monitor and participate in state government. For more than a decade, the Montana Legislature provided gavel to gavel television coverage of sessions as well as interim committee meetings and other state government events. But in response to the needs
