The Bureau of Land Management has announced a $161 million investment in wildlife habitat projects in 11 western states, and Montana is getting the largest share of all. Montana is set to receive close to $27 million for wildlife habitat, clean water and restoration projects on public land. The BLM has set aside just over $9 million for the Upper Salmon River, $9.5 million for the Blackfoot-Clark Fork, and almost $7 million for the Hi-line Sagebrush Anchor. .
Virginia environmental advocates are not happy with the U.S. Supreme Court s recent decision on the Clean Water Act. The ruling in Sackett versus E-P-A creates a new definition for wetlands covered by the Clean Water Act. .
During National Rail Safety Month, Congress is being urged to take swift action to pass the Rail Safety Act of 2023. The measure aims to prevent future disastrous train derailments such as the most recent in East Palestine, Ohio, and the Marysville, Tennessee, derailment in 2015. Brittney Kohler, legislative director for transportation infrastructure with the National League of Cities, said the Railway Safety Act is about stopping the continuous cycle of train wrecks, often with hazardous materials on board, that put the health and safety of communities at risk. .
Ruybal Fox Creek Ranch sits in a dramatic canyon in the foothills of southern Colorado s San Juan Mountains, right next to the Rio Grande National Forest, and federal and state lands near the Conejos River. Purchased in 1962 on a school bus driver s salary, Josie Ruybal Abeyta s parents left the 821-acre parcel to their six daughters in 2005. Abeyta remains determined to keep the land the way her father had kept it, but four of her sisters wanted to sell the property considered extremely valuable to area developers. .