Jul 15, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the governors of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming announced Tuesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will propose handing grizzly bear management to the states while keeping the bears listed as federally threatened under the... 
Jun 11, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
A Montana-based engineering firm whose leadership donated more than $1 million to President Donald Trump’s campaigns has been awarded more than $7 billion in federal border wall contracts. That includes nearly $2 billion to build over a hundred miles of wall... 
Jun 10, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
A new investigation from ProPublica and Re:Public reveals that Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana was pushing to eliminate Forest Service airworthiness inspections for firefighting aircraft at the same time his former company, Bridger Aerospace, was failing one. In April... 
May 21, 2026 | The Landscape Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSFloodlight News reporter Evan Simon joins Aaron and Kate to break down a controversial Forest Service land swap in Montana’s Crazy Mountains that quietly gave... 
May 6, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
The Trump administration is ordering the removal of hundreds of bison from BLM land in Montana, reversing a 2022 authorization that allowed the nonprofit American Prairie to graze its herds. The bison were allowed to graze on federal land by multiple administrations,...