PORTLAND, Oregon, June 10 (TNSgov) -- The American Forest Resource Council issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: The Ninth Circuit today upheld the Flathead National Forest's Revised Forest Plan, allowing forest management projects that were developed under the new plan to proceed. The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) and the Montana Logging Association participated in the litigation as Intervenors in support of the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. AFR  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSgov) -- The Food Research and Action Center issued the following news release: Nine states have not yet submitted plans to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide summer benefits through the Pandemic EBT Program. If they do not do so by July 14, millions of families will be left struggling to make ends meet this summer when they lose access to school meals, says the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC). Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,   more

BUTTE, Montana, June 8 (TNSres) -- The National Center for Appropriate Technology issued the following news release: The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) applauds Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) for introducing a bill that will expand research for agrivoltaics, or agrisolar, which pairs appropriate farmland with solar energy production. "Expanding agrisolar is all about maximizing our resources to grow both food and renewable energy on the same pie  more

HELENA, Montana, June 9 (TNSgov) -- WTA-Advocates for Rural Broadband issued the following news on June 8, 2023: Today, WTA responded to the FCC's Public Notice on Broadband Benchmarks. In its comments WTA stressed the importance accurate calculations of reasonably comparable broadband rate benchmarks for rural high-cost support recipients. WTA supports the continued inclusion of accurate upload speed and capacity allowance variables in the Urban Rate Survey and its benchmark calculations a  more