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FY18 Annual Report
We had a great 2018 fiscal year. We accomplished a lot with the generous support of our members and friends. Check out our Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Report.
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MTU’s Grassroots Warriors Help Get I-186 on the November Ballot
It takes more than 25,000 valid signatures from registered voters in Montana to qualify an initiative for the ballot. A minimum number of those signatures have to come from at least 34 of the House Read more…
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Take action and tell Congress to #SaveLWCF
The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is our country’s premier program to fund public access, fish and wildlife conservation and outdoor recreation. Since 1965, LWCF has poured more than $16 billion into local communities Read more…
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Todd Frank of the Trail Head discusses fall fishing
A big thanks to Todd Frank at the Trail Head in Missoula for the fun and helpful thoughts on fall fishing. As Todd shared on The Trail 103.3 radio river report this morning: “the rivers Read more…
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Track Record: Montana Modern Hard Rock Mining, Water Quality and Reclamation Bonding
Track Record: Montana Modern Hardrock Mining
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Yes for Clean Water – MTU Sponsors Ballot Initiative
In our last alert we explained why Montana Trout Unlimited supports a ballot initiative filed with the Montana Attorney General’s office that will allow Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to reject mines that plan to Read more…
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Join MTU and others to rally for the Smith River
Sign up to catch a bus to Helena from Bozeman or Missoula to attend Montana DEQ Public Hearing on the Black Butte Copper Mine or tow your boat to the Capitol and join our boat Read more…
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DEQ received 10,000 public comments on the Smith River
Way to go clean water and river lovers. The last time an agency tallied that many public comments on a river issue in Montana, it led to the removal of the Milltown Dam. Protecting the Read more…
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What exactly is “EIS scoping”?
Before a mine can start moving minerals an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) must be completed. The first step in the process is scoping. Scoping is the initial process of determining what issues should be studied Read more…
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Giving a Voice to Rivers
Joe Newman spent two months this summer at Camp Baker, the public put in to the Smith River, educating people about the proposed copper mine that threatens the health of the Smith River watershed. Read Read more…