MTFP-Eagleton poll results also showed that younger voters are the most concerned about Montana climate shifts.

Environmental groups argue that the “energy emergency” Trump has declared to facilitate fossil fuel development doesn’t exist.

A majority of Montanans believe there is the right amount of federal land in the state, according to a recent poll conducted by Montana Free Press in coordination with Rutgers University. About one ...

NorthWestern Energy, Montana’s largest utility company, has significantly expanded the amount of coal and natural gas in its portfolio in recent years, building a 175-megawatt gas plant in Laurel and ...

The poll results on Montana’s energy mix come as politicians and policymakers grapple with surging electricity demand spurred by investment in artificial intelligence and the data centers that support ...

A snowmobiler died in an avalanche near the Montana-Idaho border over the weekend. It is Idaho’s first avalanche fatality of ...

Steve Pearce, a New Mexico Republican, has come under fire from conservation groups for formerly calling for the divestment of federal land.

Amanda Eggert has covered energy, environment and public lands issues for Montana Free Press since 2021. Her work has received multiple awards, including the Mark Henckel Outdoor Writing Award from ...

In some Montana hunting districts, up to one-third of animals have contracted chronic wasting disease, the fatal, neurodegenerative disorder that’s driving down deer and elk populations in other ...

Of ice and fire: “I was not blessed like saints of old, many of whom found a contemplative vocation at an early age,” our ...

With wildfires already raging across country, consolidated wildland fire service critics ask what problems it would solve ...