Listen: Endangered Species Act turns 50 and Montana has been the battleground THOM BRIDGE Dec 19, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 Updated Oct 13, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm%96 t?52?86C65 $A64:6D p4E EFC?D d_ E9:D s646>36C] ~7E6? 42==65 “E96 A:E\3F== @7 6?G:C@?>6?E2= DE2EFE6D[” E96 t$p 92D 8:G6? 7656C2= AC@E64E:@? E@ ?62C=J a[___ 2?:>2=D 2?5 A=2?ED]k^AmkAmxE 92D 2=D@ 5C2H? 4C:E:4D H9@ 4=2:> :E E2<6D 2H2J AC@A6CEJ C:89ED 2?5 9FCED 64@?@>:4 56G6=@A>6?E] k^AmkAmp7E6C 92=7 2 46?EFCJ @7 C64@G6CJ 677@CED[ @?=J 2 76H 9F?5C65 DA64:6D 92G6 8@E 56=:DE65] ~? E96 @E96C 92?5[ E96 H9@=6 H@C=5 7246D 2 3:@5:G6CD:EJ 4C:D:D[ H:E9 >@C6 E92? cc[___ DA64:6D E9C62E6?65 H:E9 6IE:?4E:@?] p?5 E96 t$p 92D 366? E96 :?E6C?2E:@?2= >@56= =2H 7@C 9@H E@ D2G6 H92E E96 H@C=5 92D =67E] k^Am kAm$@>6 @7 E96 t$p’D 3:886DE DECF88=6D 92G6 92AA6?65 :? |@?E2?2[ :?4=F5:?8 7:89ED @G6C 8C2J H@=G6D[ 8C:KK=J 362CD[ 3F== EC@FE 2?5 D286 8C@FD6] pD E96 =2H C62496D :ED d_\J62C 2??:G6CD2CJ[ 2 8C@FA @7 C6A@CE6CD k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^96=6?2:C]4@>^?6HD^DE2E6\C68:@?2=^8@G6C?>6?E\A@=:E:4D^6D2\6?52?86C65\DA64:6D\2??:G6CD2CJ\6?G:C@?>6?E2=\=2H^2CE:4=60_e327b_6\6a47\dcae\36`h\e57`ch46h4e2]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmD42??65 E96 DE2E6 E@ D66 9@H :E’D H@C<:?8 2?5 H92E :ED 7FEFC6 9@=5D]k^2mk^Am People are also reading… Friday Five: Caleb Wygal's life story is as good as his books Down payment aid package launches in Cabarrus County, expanding homeownership access Cabarrus Healthcare Foundation to 'Illuminate' the community at its 29th annual gala Recognize anyone in this 1950s Methodist Sunday School photo? Redeveloped Beverly Hills will be Mary Frances Wall Pre-K Center Trump signs executive action to pay TSA after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding Judge orders Trump to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it Student shoots a teacher at Texas high school before fatally shooting self, authorities say Art Walk on Union returns in Downtown Concord Saturday Food Lion Feeds gives grant to help hungry Rowan-Cabarrus students Friday Five: Raising Cane's and Sheetz coming to Concord Midland's Dawn Anthony brings Motown legacy and stories to the Davis Theatre Friday Five New flights, new homes, pancakes and art It's Wes Miller time for Charlotte 49ers basketball Hickory Ridge claims first swimming and diving conference titles kAm(:E9 >6 E@52J :D #@3 r92?6J[ =6256C @7 E96 AC@;64E[ E@ 8:G6 FD 2 AC:>6C @? d_ J62CD @7 E96 =2H 2?5 H92E C6256CD 42? 6IA64E 7C@> E96 C6A@CE:?8]k^Am kAmk6>m%9:D A@542DE :D 4C62E65 :? A2CE?6CD9:A 24C@DD 7:G6 ?6HDC@@>D – E96 q:==:?8D v2K6EE6[ w6=6?2 x?56A6?56?E #64@C5[ |:DD@F=:2?[ |@?E2?2 $E2?52C5 2?5 #2G2==: #6AF3=:4] *@F 42? DFAA@CE E9:D A@542DE[ 2?5 @FC 677@CED[ 3J 364@>:?8 2 DF3D4C:36C]k^6>mk^Am Thom Bridge can be reached at thom.bridge@helenair.com 0 Comments Locations Missoula Helena Billings Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story The Endangered Species Act turns 50: A look at the past, present and future of the law Since it was signed by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973, the ESA has protected more than 2,000 animals and plants, becoming one of… Where no fish has gone before: Can the ESA remake habitats for struggling species? A century ago, we stocked non-native trout throughout national parks. Now native species like cutthroat trout must be transplanted in experime… Avoiding the brink: State grouse plan shows how to prevent ESA listing “The Endangered Species Act only protects that relatively small number of species that are right on the precipice of disappearing." Ancient methods may get grizzlies off ESA Guard dogs and range riders have protected people against bears for millennia. They may offer solutions for co-existing with grizzlies as the … Can bison be back, and endangered too? Getting Yellowstone National Park bison protected under the ESA might break "the stranglehold Montana has placed on recovering wild bison." Bu… Fish vs. water: ESA status pits grayling against irrigators Would Arctic grayling in the Big Hole River benefit from federal protections afforded by being listed as an endangered or threatened species u… The Endangered Species Act turns 50: A look at the past, present and future of the law On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the law grapples with political uncertainty and unforeseen ecological challenges. Read …
The Endangered Species Act turns 50: A look at the past, present and future of the law Since it was signed by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973, the ESA has protected more than 2,000 animals and plants, becoming one of…
Where no fish has gone before: Can the ESA remake habitats for struggling species? A century ago, we stocked non-native trout throughout national parks. Now native species like cutthroat trout must be transplanted in experime…
Avoiding the brink: State grouse plan shows how to prevent ESA listing “The Endangered Species Act only protects that relatively small number of species that are right on the precipice of disappearing."
Ancient methods may get grizzlies off ESA Guard dogs and range riders have protected people against bears for millennia. They may offer solutions for co-existing with grizzlies as the …
Can bison be back, and endangered too? Getting Yellowstone National Park bison protected under the ESA might break "the stranglehold Montana has placed on recovering wild bison." Bu…
Fish vs. water: ESA status pits grayling against irrigators Would Arctic grayling in the Big Hole River benefit from federal protections afforded by being listed as an endangered or threatened species u…
The Endangered Species Act turns 50: A look at the past, present and future of the law On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, the law grapples with political uncertainty and unforeseen ecological challenges. Read …
