Montana Legislature
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Wildlife and public access: maintaining wild, roaming elk
Montana has a significant and valuable population of elk, broadly enjoyed by wildlife enthusiasts and hunters. Brucellosis, a disease…
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Wildlife and public access: improving access for hunting and fishing
Under current Montana statute, the crossing of corner sections of public land, where they intersect with private land, is embroiled in a…
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Coal bed methane development: protecting clean water and senior water rights
The production of coal bed methane (CBM) requires pumping vast quantities of water in order to release the gas for recovery. The billions of…
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Modernizing the Board of Oil and Gas
The 2009 Legislature expanded the duties of the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation to include development of a permitting, oversight, and…
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Responsible Energy Policy: encouraging an energy efficiency standard for utilities
Why Energy Efficiency? Montana is sitting on a goldmine fuel source that has gone largely untapped - energy efficiency. Energy-efficient…
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The Major Facilities Siting Act (MFSA)
The Montana Legislature passed the Major Facility Siting Act (MFSA) 30 years ago to regulate the siting of most large energy producing,…
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Protecting public health and private property: citizen access to the courts
The Montana Constitution states that the public has the right to expect governmental agencies to allow "reasonable opportunity for…
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Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA)
Since 1971 The Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) has been Montana's bedrock environmental law. In its simplest terms, MEPA institutes a…
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One more chance to call your legislator to protect renewable energy- No on SB 403, yes to the Governor's veto.
Submitted by Sarah Cobler on May 15, 2009 - 12:26pm.Conservationists-Thank you to the many folks who contacting the Governor and their legislators to urge a veto on the bogus SB 257, a bill that would…
Legislature passes energy efficiency for schools!
Submitted by Sarah Cobler on April 28, 2009 - 10:54pm.Action Alert and Update: Legislature Votes to Fund Energy Efficiency in Schools- $15 million Sine die [sin-ay dee-ay] Adverb - Lat. The…








