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Waterton-Glacier Announce Reopening of Goat Haunt
WEST GLACIER, Mont. – Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada) and Glacier National Park (Montana, USA) announce that pedestrian and watercraft cross-border travel between the parks will reopen for the 2023 season.
The Goat Haunt area of Glacier National Park will open for the season on June 24, 2023. Goat Haunt is ...
MSU Will Build a Hotel On Campus for Hospitality Management Program
BOZEMAN — Seeking to increase the hands-on training of its students in hospitality management and culinary arts, Montana State University will enter into an agreement with a developer for a privately owned, full-service hotel on campus that will give students hands-on education and practical experience before moving into Montana’s growing hospitality economy.
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Trout Decline: FWP Proposes New Regulations, Research
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has announced new investments to research and monitor trout population declines in southwest Montana. The department is also proposing temporary angling restrictions on the Big Hole, Beaverhead and Ruby Rivers to the Fish and Wildlife Commission.
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Browning’s Susan Connelly Earns 2023 UM Presidential Leadership Scholarship
MISSOULA – The Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana recently announced recipients of the 2023 Presidential Leadership Scholarship, the University’s most prestigious academic recognition for incoming students.
The 32 Presi...
First Lady, Dolly Parton Announce Statewide Expansion of “Imagination Library”
HELENA, Mont. – Montana’s first lady, Susan Gianforte has announced the statewide launch of the Imagination Library of Montana in partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The non-profit program aims to boost early childhood literacy by providing free high-quality, age-appropriate books to Montana children.
Boosting literacy to em...
Sunburst’s Hali Richmond is 2023 Montana History Teacher of the Year
Sunburst 4th Grade Teacher Hali Richmond has been named Montana History Teacher of the Year for 2023 by the Montana Historical Society.
Richmond was nominated by 4-grade student Bree Chilton, who wrote a letter of nomination, praising her teacher for her lessons on Montana's tribal nations and reservations in Montana, and the way she treats her students...
Montana 4-H Congress Set for July 9-14
BOZEMAN — The 78th annual Montana 4-H Congress is set for July 9-14 on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman.
Montana 4-H expects more than 300 4-H youth, volunteers and MSU Extension faculty to be in attendance. This year’s theme is TV
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MSU VIP’s to Visit North & Central Montana During 10th Annual Bus Tour in June
BOZEMAN — Montana State University administrators, deans, faculty members and student leaders will visit the north and central portions of the state June 20-22 as part of MSU’s 10th summer bus tour.
This year’s tour, with the theme of “Follow the Food Systems,” will stop in Lewistown, Lodge Pole, Havre, Chester, Sweet Grass Hills, Shelby and Great Falls.
During the three-day, 690-m
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BLM Announces $26.9 Million for Landscape Restoration in Montana
The Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday (May 31, 2023) that it will invest $26.9 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for the protection and conservation of important wildlife habitats, watersheds and recreational opportunities on public lands in Montana...
MSU Nursing Student Plans to Practice in Browning
BOZEMAN — In high school, Montana State University nursing graduate Maya Horse saw firsthand how members of rural communities can struggle to find quality health care.
As a teenager in the rural town of Lincoln, California, Horse witnessed her stepfather travel more than an hour to the closest Veteran’s Affairs clinic, where, she said, he received poor care. A high sch
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UM Announces Spring Semester Dean’s List
MISSOULA – At the University of Montana, nearly 2,600 undergraduate students made the spring semester 2023 Dean’s List or President’s 4.0 List.
To qualify, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits. Students who receive ...
MSU Continues As Host Institution of Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
BOZEMAN — Montana State University has once again been selected as the host institution of the western region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education organization, the country’s foremost, producer-led research and education grant program for sustainable agriculture.
MSU’s 10-
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