Land and wildlife conservation in Montana means habitat easements, grizzly and wolf management, and the fight over how much of the state's 33.8 million public acres gets protected versus developed or grazed. the406.news covers the land trusts, agencies, and advocacy groups on every side of that fight, and the policy decisions that decide what Montana looks like in 50 years.
A new piece from the Property and Environment Research Center argues states should license contractors rather than regulate individual parcels to preserve wetlands in the wake of the Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision.
A new piece from the Property and Environment Research Center argues that conservation tools need to support working farms — not push families off them — if the goal is actually to keep land intact.