Science

Program started by Greg Gianforte and Rob Irizarry aimed at introducing computer science to junior high and high school students across Montana will now be administered by  Montana Tech. BUTTE, Mont., – CodeMontana, a program comprising of over 1,200 junior high and high school students across Montana will now be administered by Montana Tech...

Applications Available for Teacher Workshop WEST GLACIER, MT. – Glacier National Park and the Glacier Institute are accepting applications for their third climate change teacher workshop to be held June 22-25 at the park. Middle and high school teachers from the local area and across the country are encouraged to apply...

State wildlife biologists have trapped and transplanted 21 bighorn sheep to the Sheep Creek drainage that flows into the Missouri River south of Great Falls. The animals were captured over several days from the Missouri River Breaks north of Lewistown. ...

Citizen Science Program Offers Opportunities to Detect Invasive Plants   WEST GLACIER, MONT. – Glacier National Park’s Citizen Science Program announces two opportunities to help with early detection of invasive plants along park trails: Noxious Weed Blitz on July 15 and an online training course for the Invasive Plants Citizen Science program...

No one would call computer code-writing "child's play"....yet...but if a young entrepeneur has anything to say, it will be soon. Code Monkey Games, LLC, was founded by designer and developer Raj Sidhu. The company's first game, Code Monkey Island, teaches children ages 8 and up (and perhaps their parents and grandparents) how to apply real programming concepts used by real programmers In

Wheat streak mosaic virus and active wheat curl mites have been detected in Chouteau County. Click HERE for the latest Montana AgAlert from the MSU Extension Service, including photos and management recommendations. UPDATE: Dr. Mary Burrows issued a second AgAlert Monday afternoon, saying there is the potential for a WSMV epidemic in areas that suffered hail damage last summer...

Several schools in northern Montana are participating in the Hi-Line Solar Schools Education Project. Chester-Joplin-Inverness and Valier are the first two schools in the Golden Triangle to have solar power "labs" installed, and the public will be able to learn more about them at open houses next week.

DENVER--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing the availability of the Black-footed ferret Revised Recovery Plan (Plan). The Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) (ferret) was historically found throughout the Great Plains, mountain basins, and semi-arid grasslands of North America wherever prairie dogs occurred...

Do you see the white spot in the center of this photo?

I think everyone would agree that beavers are an important part of our ecosystem....unless they'damming your creek or canal and/or flooding your property. Used to be you had one option to deal with nature's little engineer...destroy the dam...