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Not Enough Elk Hunters Left To Kill Montana Wolves, As Desired By State Game Managers

5:04 pm in Business & Politics, montana, usa, wolves by TreeHugger

ruger varmint rifle photo Ruger no. 1 Varmint rifle in .223 Remington Image credit:Wikipedia I did not stretch this headline, nor am I wagging a finger at Montana elk hunters (I'ld love to bag a Montana elk). However, a Montana State employee, speaking for The Missoulian couldn't be more clear about the State's intention: "Our goal is to bring the situation there back in balance in that area [The Bitterroot Valley] ," said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks regio...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Ruptured Pipeline in Yellowstone River Oil Spill Regularly Carried Tar Sands Oil

11:13 am in Business & Politics, montana, oil, pollution by TreeHugger

via internet business politics The EPA now says there is no more danger of further oil spilling from the ruptured pipeline under the Yellowstone River, but several big questions remain--especially considering that ExxonMobil now says that tar sands oil routinely was carried by the Silvertip pipeline. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Exxon’s Lack Of Public Transparency Prompts Montana Leaving Oil Spill Clean Up Command

11:06 am in Business & Politics, montana, oil, pollution by TreeHugger

via internet business politics Citing a disturbing (and unfortunately expected) lack of public transparency on the part of ExxonMobil in the aftermath of the Yellowstone River oil spill, Montana governor Brian Schweitzer has withdrawn state participation from the command team directing cleanup of the 40,000 gallon pipeline rupture. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Yellowstone River Oil Spill Spreads 240 Miles – If This Was Keystone XL It’d Be 20 Times Worse

11:35 am in montana, oil, pollution, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

The Yellowstone River oil spill continues to spread (both physically and metaphorically) with more and more landowners reporting their property has been contaminated with oil from the ruptured ExxonMobil Silvertip pipeline and questions raised about how much oil would have spilled if a similar leaked occurred on the controversial proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Exceptional Snowmelt Flooding Yellowstone River, Hampers Oil Spill Cleanup & May Have Caused It

12:25 pm in montana, oil, pollution, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

yellowstone river oil spill photo photo: Alexis Bonogofsky/National Wildlife Federation. Some media roundup updates on the ongoing Yellowstone River oil spill: 1) Higher than normal winter snow runoff means cleanup (and assessing the full scale of damage) will be slower than usual; 2) because of that, farmland is being submerged in oily water; and, 3) ExxonMobil admits it took near...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Yellowstone River Oil Spill Now Extends 150 Miles Downstream

12:44 pm in montana, oil, pollution, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

yellowstone river oil spill photo All photos: Alexis Bonogofsky/National Wildlife Federation. You may have missed this: Over the long holiday weekend in the US an ExxonMobil oil pipeline in Montana ruptured, spilling as much as 42,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River, 10 miles west of Billings. Initial reports had the oil traveling 10 miles down the river, but newer reports have it as extending for 150 miles, with the oil tr...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Flying Deer’ Knocks Out Montana Power Line (Maybe)

12:01 pm in birds, energy, montana, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

On today's episode of "Amazing Animal Feats," a deer fawn that knocked out power in Montana. Her carcass was retrieved from a power line, up in the air. But how did she get up there? ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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