Browsing: Natural Resources
The fate of land in expiring CRP contracts: A Montana perspective
This past winter, USDA’s Farm Service Agency held the first general signup for the Conservation…
US Energy: An Interesting Decade
In 2006, when I started with MSU Extension, one of the hot economic issues was…
Dark Days for Oil Companies
Covid-19 has wrought widespread economic devastation, but the oil sector has been hit particularly hard.…
The Role of Reclamation in Managing Coal’s Decline
The Trump administration has made every effort to arrest the decline of coal in the…
The Future of Montana’s Energy Mix
Last August Northwestern Energy, Montana’s largest electricity supplier, released an “Electricity Supply Resource Procurement Plan,”…
Thoughts on how to Manage National Parks
There’s been increasing agitation in the last few years about the overcrowding of Yellowstone and…
How Much do Governments Subsidize Fossil Fuels?
Earlier this month the Billings Gazette reported that the US Department Energy (DOE), at the…
Montana, Natural Resources, and Dark Money
Money in politics has long been a controversial issue in America, but its importance has…
Rural Montana and The Future of Colstrip
Over the past two years, I have used many of my blog posts to highlight…
Miners vs. Conservationists: the Battle over Initiative 186.
There is an ongoing political battle happening in Montana between conservationists and the mining industry.…