Locked out

Locked out: Key moments in Montana’s labor past A timeline of Montana’s labor disputes STORY BY HANNAH KEARSE | STAFF WRITER IMERYS TALC AMERICA INC. locked its doors to 35 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers union employees in Three Forks, Montana, on August 2, 2018. Randy Tocci, the talc mill’s lead warehouse worker, stood next to …

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Foster care by the numbers

Foster care by the numbers BY RYAN OCONNELL | STAFF WRITER 50%Caucasian36%American Indian/Alaskan Native7%More than one ethnicity/undertermined6%Hispanic1%Black In January 2018, Montana’s Department of Public Heath and Human Services launched the First Years Initiative to reduce child abuse and neglect in Montana. Although Montana’s foster care population only increased 1.4 percent in the first half of …

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Enforcing the law

Enforcing the law Opinion | Montana’s legislature must restore funding so FWP can protect our natural resources By Jenny Gessaman | Staff Writer MONTANA’S landscape is inseparable from its identity. Mountain ranges young and old texture the state’s prairie, while rivers and creeks wind their way into three different watersheds. This is our amazing Big …

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Mussels be dammed

Mussels be dammed Quagga and zebra mussels could cost tribes millions Story by Heather Fraley | Senior Editor Illustration by Mollie Lemm | Web Editor THE RUMBLE of the turbines inside the inner workings of Séliš Ksanka Ql’ispé (SKQ) Dam is so loud, it’s hard to hear anyone speak. Brian Lipscomb raises his voice above …

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Unlocking Public Lands

Unlocking Montana’s Public Lands More than three million acres of Montana’s public lands are landlocked and inaccessible to the public. For Mike Meuli and Trenton Kris access to public land is important for livelihood and lifestyle. This project examines the role of public land in their lives and it examines the issue and scope of …

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Ranching

Leased for Livelihood One family ranch relies on public land for success Mike Meuli left the ranch twice: once for college and once to spend a year winning over his soon to be wife. “I’ve lived here in the Proctor valley all of my life other than a brief time away for college and a …

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Unlocking Information

Locked Out: Inaccessible Public Land Landlocked Public Land in Montana More than 3 million acres of public state and federal land in Montana is considered landlocked, which means that the public can’t access those acres without crossing through private property. Unless they own a helicopter or have express permission from a private land owner, it …

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