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Active. Dormant. Extinct. Know your volcano vocabulary
WEBDec 13, 2022 · Volcanologists use that term as shorthand for “potentially active,” so a “dormant” volcano is one that is not erupting now, but that is considered “active” because it could erupt in the future. Mount Hood is an active volcano that is currently dormant. Kīlauea is an active volcano that is currently erupting.
Constitutional protection for abortion to be on November ballot in ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Voters will get to decide whether they want abortion protected in the Montana Constitution. The Montana Secretary of State’s Office approved and certified Constitutional Initiative 128 on Tuesday, said Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights in a news release. “We’re excited that CI-128 will be on …
Several new wildfires spark, grow quickly in NW Montana
WEBJul 31, 2023 · The Big Knife Fire outside of Arlee, Montana, on the afternoon of Sunday, July 30, 2023. (Photo by Nicole Girten, Daily Montanan) Around 30 new wildfires started in Montana over the past 24 hours, some of which forced evacuations Sunday, and at least five active fires have topped 1,000 acres in the drought-stricken western part of the state.
Publisher wins fight to keep her weekly newspaper in northeastern ...
WEBSep 5, 2021 · Darla Downs, owner and publisher of the Northern Plains Independent in Wolf Point, Montana. In this Aug. 24, 2021 picture she stands in front of the building where a new door and flooring are being installed to update the newspaper office which had been closed since May 2019 (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan). WOLF POINT, Montana ...
Lawmakers look to revise Montana’s marijuana laws two years …
WEBFeb 1, 2023 · In its first major revision proposed to Montana’s marijuana laws since the state legalized recreational use in 2021, a House panel heard a series of bills that would adjust and change laws governing pot. Among those bills and changes is House Bill 128, proposed by Rep. Josh Kassmier, R-Fort Benton, which makes a …
Judge orders Fish and Wildlife Service to make new finding on …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · A federal judge in Montana last week ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take yet another look over the next year at Arctic grayling populations in the Ruby River and at the future of a conservation agreement in the Big Hole River valley to see whether the fish needs Endangered Species Act protections in …
Commission sets wolf hunting regulations, quotas for season; units ...
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Following pressure from Yellowstone National Park and locals living north of the park boundary, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday unanimously adopted an amendment to the wolf and furbearer regulations for the upcoming hunting season that will split Wolf Management Unit 313 – just north of the park boundary – back into two units and only allow three wolves to be killed in each.
Utah files ambitious lawsuit to take control of 18.5 million acres of ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Utah is suing the federal government over how it manages public land in the state, again. But unlike past legal challenges, which target specific national monuments or policies, the scope of the lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is massive, questioning whether the Bureau of Land Management’s claim to 18.5 million acres of land — about 34% of the entire state — is ...