From the “Gee, what could go wrong?” department: Idaho considering allowing armed groups to protest and parade around in public…
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As overpopulation and climate change diminish water supplies in the West, Oregon irrigation districts are looking at innovation to stop water loss from irrigation ditches…
From grist.org: https://grist.org/parched/ oasis civilization, limits to supply of water, wasteful irrigation ditches, "drought"
A good read here on how our flooding in June exacerbated Montana’s affordable housing crisis, featuring Carbon County’s Fromberg (Gov. Gianforte might do well to read it)…
From High Country News: https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-housing-when-a-housing-crisis-meets-a-megaflood? man-caused climate change, workforce housing, absent state leadership, Livingston, Clark's Fork, Red Lodge
Good news about “agrisolar” and how solar panels and agriculture can work hand in hand…
From IndyStar: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2022/09/13/purdue-leading-research-to-grow-solar-and-crops-together-in-corn-belt/66843196007/ farming, ranching, renewables, dual use of land, climate change, extra income
This year’s floods in the region would have been more devastating and toxic if environmentalists had not demanded reclamation and clean up of mine sites (though it shouldn’t be paid for at taxpayer expense)…
From the Casper Star Tribune: https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/june-yellowstone-flood-could-have-been-worse-if-not-for-mining-cleanup/article_e17fe53d-9cbc-5716-87e5-6ac1a03b13e2.html#tracking-source=home-top-story Superfund, adequate bonding levels crucial, hold mining corporations accountable, mining, EPA, DEQ
From our Man-caused climate change section: climate change is wreaking havoc with an unprecedented drought in the American southwest…
From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/12/us-west-megadrought-climate-disaster? global warming, drought in the West, drought in Montana, water wars, whiskey's for drinking, water's for...
Overtourism is not just a global problem, it has arrived in Montana and the rest of the West…
From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/20/national-parks-america-overcrowding-crisis-tourism-visitation-solutions Information from Montana Public Radio: https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2022-03-23/most-montanans-think-tourism-is-overcrowding-the-state-survey-says From responsibletourismpartnership.org: https://responsibletourismpartnership.org/overtourism/ adverse experience for both tourists and locals,...