Governor Greg Gianforte announced last week the appointment of Christy Clark as director of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. “Christy Clark is a strong leader with the skills needed to lead the agency tasked with protecting Montana’s cherished recreational opportunities and public access to public lands,” Gianforte said. “With her record of leadership, I am confident

Department of Public Health and Human Services director Charlie Brereton has announced the department was awarded $425,000 in federal funding to help improve the detection of waste, fraud and abuse involving public assistance programs. “Our administration will continue taking steps to verify that those receiving public assistance are in fact eligible for taxpayer-funded benefits,” Brereton

That mythical December character bearing gifts, could it be the Congressional Lame Duck? Irrigators along Montana’s Milk River hope it’s so. With weeks left in the congressional term, farmers along the Milk River are hopeful federal lawmakers will deliver at least some of the more than $300 million promised earlier in the year for the Milk River Irrigation Project, which delivers water to

American Prairie said Wednesday, Dec. 4, it has grown the private and public land leases it manages to more than half a million acres, “a new milestone,” with the acquisition of a property in Phillips County “that is in a priority area for the conservation organization’s mission and goals,” according to a news release from the organization. This latest acquisition is in the foothills