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MONTANA MEETING BRINGS TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS IN COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY
The Columbia River Treaty was signed 45 years ago and will remain in place until at least 2024, but regional water managers from Montana, Oregon, Idaho and Washington were told at a meeting in Missoula on Thursday that conditions in the basin, which stretches from Canada through those Northwest states, are changing and that water managers need to stay abreast of conditions to begin addressing such changes as soon as possible. (Sep 3) Missoulian

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS BLOCK ON BLM GRAZING RULE CHANGES
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal court decision that found the Bureau of Land Management violated three laws when it amended its land-use rules in 2006, blocking the implementation of rule changes under two laws, and sending the violation of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) back to the lower court for reconsideration. (Sep 3) Twin Falls Times-News

MONTANA FIELDS QUESTIONS FROM NONRESIDENT BOWHUNTERS ABOUT BEARS
Montana Fish and Game officials said reports on the fatal mauling of a Michigan man by a grizzly bear near Yellowstone Park this summer and of hungry bears on the prowl for food due to a poor whitebark pine nut crop have nonresident bowhunters concerned about bear encounters. (Sep 3) Billings Gazette


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Groups sue to stop helicopter use to tag wolves in Idaho wilderness Great Falls Tribune (Sep 1)

Montana asks USFWS to rule on conservation wolf hunts by Sept. 10 Ravalli Republic (Sep 1)

BLM removes horses from burned range in Idaho Twin Falls Times-News (Sep 1)

Biologists: Loss of whitebark pine will have a cascade effect in the West New west.net (Sep 1)

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