AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoBison Grazing Dispute: Montana is asking the Ninth Circuit to overturn an order allowing American Prairie’s bison to remain on three federal grazing allotments in Phillips County. Separately, DNRC found a proposal to graze bison alongside cattle on state trust land unlikely to cause significant environmental impacts. Clean Energy: Bozeman will host the Montana Clean Energy Summit next week, with sessions on agrivoltaics and state energy challenges. Whitefish Lake Watch: FWP is increasing surveillance after detecting a nonviable invasive mussel larva; follow-up samples have so far found no further signs. Wildlife and Habitat: A new commentary warns that prairie dog habitat loss threatens black-footed ferrets, which depend on prairie dog towns. Across the West, more than a third of glacial cover has disappeared since the 1950s, while Yellowstone-region grizzly deaths have reached a record high for the third straight year.
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