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STATE PARKS FUNDING: FIRST HEARING DONE, WAITING FOR FIRST VOTE

STATE PARKS FUNDING: FIRST HEARING DONE, WAITING FOR FIRST VOTE
IF PASSED, SB 24 WOULD PUMP $2 MILLION TO PARKS BUDGET BEHIND $3 INCREASE PER VEHICLE

IF PASSED, SB 24 WOULD PUMP $2 MILLION TO PARKS BUDGET BEHIND $3 INCREASE PER VEHICLE
THE FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY BILL CLEARS THE FIRST HURTLE

THE FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY BILL CLEARS THE FIRST HURTLE

Smith River, Black Butte Copper Mine
On the Land

Thousands Remain Invested in Smith River

January 26, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Supporters, opponents of Black Butte Copper Mine agree the river’s magnificent In the thousands of comments on the proposed Black Butte Copper Mine near the headwaters of the Smith River, two sides were clear: those who wanted the Smith to...
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Flathead Valley
People and Places

Breaking: Flathead Water Bottling Plant gets Approval

January 26, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
A controversial plan for a water bottling plant in the Flathead Valley has received a key approval for water rights from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The Montana Artesian Water Company’s bottling plant near Creston could ultimately...
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People and Places

Skijoring Flies and Crashes Through Montana (With Video)

January 23, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
In a state with fast horses and fast skiers, linking the two and racing around a track seems only natural. Skijoring season is in full swing in the West. At Lincoln, Montana, on Jan. 22, the skiers caught air and...
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Skijoring training in Helena.
People and Places

Skijoring Brings its Tornado-on-Skis Mayhem to Lincoln

January 19, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Looking for something fun and different in Central Montana this weekend? Why not come out to Lincoln for a two-day extravaganza of skijoring, which is a lot like skiing except the skiers can’t just slow themselves down when the horse...
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People and Places

Why One Creek in Central Montana is More Than Just a Drop in the Bucket

January 18, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
There’s Many Fish in the Sea, But There’s Only One Big Spring Creek Lewistown, Montana has some of the most pristine water in the entire country. Big Spring Creek -- the main source of their water supply -- originates seven...
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School districts like that in Baker, Montana, are seeing local property taxes rise following budget cuts by the 2017 Montana Legislature.
Watchful Eye

Yes, Montana Legislature, Taxes Are Going Up – Especially in Rural School Districts

January 12, 2018 by Sanjay Talwani No Comments
Small Towns Left Paying the Tab for Local School Funding Shift Last November, some lawmakers emerged from Montana’s Special Legislative Session crowing that they had solved the state’s budget crisis without raising taxes. But Montanans across the state will see...
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Watchful Eye

In Montana, File Now for Election for a Better Future

January 11, 2018 by Sanjay Talwani No Comments
125 Montana Statehouse Seats at Stake In the Montana Legislature, all 100 House seats and 25 of the 50 Senate seats are on the ballot in November. Folks who want to run, or want to convince their friends or neighbors...
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Senator Connell, Montana Climate Assessment
Watchful Eye

Upcoming Drought, Fire Seasons Now Even Harder to Predict

January 10, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Senator Connell and Legislative Water Panel Probe the Future Montana’s disastrous flash drought of 2017 and the million-acre fire season have left many asking: What will the new year bring? And what about all this snow? Weather may be getting...
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A skier hangs on at the Last Chance Skojoring competition in Helena.
People and Places

Like a Tornado: Skijoring brings skiing to the horse track (With Video)

January 8, 2018 by Sanjay Talwani No Comments
Cowboy Hats and Ski Boots, Together Downhill skis and fast-galloping horses: It’s amazing that skijoring -- this marriage of Montana transports -- didn’t happen sooner. “Watching a skijoring race is like watching a tornado,” said Ebbie Hansen, a rider and...
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Montana Wildfire Season, Smokey House
On the Land

Is There Anything We Can do about Montana Wildfires? Yes.

January 5, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Montanans can fight wildfires with land use planning Wildfires make all of us feel useless. After this past summer, and this past decade of increasing frequency of fires, a lot of Montanans are left asking, what can we even do?...
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Montana Courthouse
Watchful Eye

Rep. Manzella Not Sure Nurses Are Getting Attacked

September 8, 2017 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Lawmaker questions whether violence against nurses is really a problem after hearing directly from nurses The recent violent arrest of a nurse in a Salt Lake City hospital, caught on police video, reminded the world what a dangerous job it...
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On the Land

Montana Horse Could be First to Win Kentucky Derby Since 1889

April 25, 2018 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Ruby Valley Produced Upset Winner; Bets Taken Now on Bolt D’Oro   Before tractors, hydraulic combines, dirt bikes, and trucks, we Montanans relied on horses for every aspect of life: combining wheat in the fall, tilling the land in the...
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Montana Voices

The Ruby Valley: A Place of Harmony Between Ranchers and Wilderness

November 19, 2017 by Prairie Populist No Comments
The Value of Agriculture: Welcome to the Ruby Valley Story and Photos by August Schield In Montana, people are bound together by a common landscape. It is the single most underlying substance that all life shares. Air and animals. People...
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On the Land

Terry, Montana: Badlands of Opportunity

October 17, 2017 by Prairie Populist No Comments
These days, you can easily drive from Billings to Glendive without stopping. At 80 miles per hour, the plains are a blur. But should you choose to slow down, you may be struck by the nuance of the country before...
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Montana Voices

Into the Black

August 7, 2017 by Guest Contributor No Comments
The stories of a strong ranching community in Eastern Montana after the Lodgepole Fires Photographs and Writing by August Schield Just above the 47th parallel, directly east of the Musselshell River, the wide open prairie landscape of Garfield County has...
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People and Places

Butte, MT: The Most Important Hill on Earth

August 10, 2017 by Prairie Populist No Comments
Hard Work, Ambition, and Community I’ve lived in Montana my entire life, and the first thing from Montana I ever heard mentioned on TV was Butte. It was mispronounced (as “Butt, Montana”), but it still was on television. I was...
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Montana Voices

The Ruby Valley: A Place of Harmony Between Ranchers and Wilderness (Part 2)

December 18, 2017 by Prairie Populist No Comments
RANCHERS : THE LOCAL CONSERVATIONISTS Story and Photos by August Schield Ranchers are the local conservationists in the Ruby Valley. Here, conservation isn’t only a part of the culture, but also a part of the community. Meet Rick Sandru and...
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Rice Ridge Fire
Montana Voices

160,000 Acres Charred, Seeley Moving Ahead

September 29, 2017 by Guest Contributor No Comments
Photographs and writing by August Schield On September 4, a strong easterly wind event helped the Rice Ridge Fire, just east of Montana’s Seeley-Swan Valley, consume 48,000 acres of timber in a single run. Nearly doubling in size, the fire...
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