Citizens are one of a nation’s greatest resources for enforcing environmental laws and regulations. We know the country’s land, natural attributes, and values more intimately than government ever will. A bird-watcher walking in the woods sees chemical waste flowing through a…
The 2015 Montana Legislature passed – and Gov. Bullock failed to veto – SB 325. This bill sets up a loophole that prohibits state env’tl regulatory agencies from setting water quality protections that are strong enough to protect Montana’s rivers and…
Recently we’ve been asked an important question: why does Southwest and West-Central Montana need a Waterkeeper? While we have a quick answer – Montanan’s have a right to clean water, and that right needs to be protected – we also think…
A recent Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) study recognized a simple, if alarming, fact: some areas of Southwest Montana are losing water. Read the Bozeman Daily Chronicle’s publishing of our Op-Ed on this issue here. The MBMG study…
