Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press

Gov. Greg Gianforte celebrated U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s initial finding while environmentalists cast doubt on the state’s ability to manage the Montana state animal.

Under a Trump-era rule, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service won’t designate critical habitat for the beleaguered high-elevation species.

The order also temporarily prohibits the use of snares and lowers the bag limit to bring 2022-2023 regulations closer to the regulations in play before the Montana Legislature passed a suite of laws increasing the number of wolves hunters and trappers can kill.

Annie Bukacek has a thin lead over former state Rep. Derek Skees for the Public Service Commission District 5 seat.

The news did little to appease oil and gas groups clamoring for more favorable drilling conditions or environmental groups frustrated with the pace and scale of the White House’s efforts to transition the United States to renewable energy sources.

Experts say it depends on the fire, the forest and the project.

When COVID-19 safety protocols shifted whole sectors of the healthcare industry from in person visits to a telehealth model, Arjun and Hannah Verma watched their parents, a pulmonologist and a cardiologist, fret about some of their elderly patients who were unprepared for the switch. The elder Vermas were concerned that their patients who didn’t own camera enabled devices or know how to use video conferencing platforms would be forced to forgo critical care.