RENO, Nevada, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: As part of the President's Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $12 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to increase fire resiliency and protect native vegetation on public lands in Nevada. This funding will be focused in two landscape areas called the Montana Mountains and the Humboldt/O'Neil Basin Restoration Landscape  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: As part of the President's Investing in America agenda, the Bureau of Land Management will invest $26.9 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for the protection and conservation of important wildlife habitats, watersheds and recreational opportunities on public lands in Montana. This funding will be focused in three landscape areas called the Blackfoot-Clar  more

COLUMBIA FALLS, Montana, June 3 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a proposed cleanup plan detailing its preferred cleanup option for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC) Superfund site in Flathead County, Montana. The proposed cleanup plan provides an overview of the site, the alternatives evaluated during a feasibility study completed for the site in 2021 and details of the preferred alt  more

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska, June 1 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Capt. Emily Seaton, 20th Air Force In April 2023, U.S. Air Force UH-1N Iroquois "Huey" crews from the 37th and 40th Helicopter Squadrons flew from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and Malmstrom AFB, Montana, respectively, to Offutt AFB, Nebraska, to support U.S. Strategic Command exercise Global Thunder 2023. The three sorties executed during the exercise included transporting USSTRATCOM le  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: In April 2023, U.S. Air Force UH-1N Iroquois "Huey" crews from the 37th and 40th Helicopter Squadrons flew from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, and Malmstrom AFB, Montana, respectively, to Offutt AFB, Nebraska, to support U.S. Strategic Command exercise Global Thunder 2023. The three sorties executed during the exercise included transporting USSTRATCOM leaders and landing near the headq  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, June 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: A Wolf Point woman suspected in the death of a child on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation admitted to a murder charge today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Heather Dawn Smith, aka Heather Dawn Yellow Owl, 32, appeared for arraignment on a superseding information charging her with second degree murder and pleaded guilty to the crime. Smith faces   more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey approximately 1,700 cattle operations across the Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, to provide an up-to-date measure of the United States cattle inventory. "Th  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Thousands of milk producers across the country, including approximately 500 producers in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming will receive surveys from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), as the agency collects information for the July 2023 Milk  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 2 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: * * * Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have been able to gain the body fat they need for hibernation even as population densities have increased and as climate change and human impacts have changed the availability of some foods, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners. * * * In recent decades, s  more