Teton district plans to in stall nine new weatherstations

Choeau Ancantha
July 11, 2008

The Teton Conservation District, meeting June 26, selected locations for nine new weather stations around the county and directed the district administrator to purchase 10 weather recording units using recently awarded grant money… (more)


Drought threatening wheat

By JENNIFER McKEE
Independent Record State Bureau
May 22, 2008

More than half of Montana’s wheat fields are withering in an early season drought, putting some $671 million worth of wheat at risk, new state agriculture statistics show… (more)


Gazette Opinion: Conservation key ally in drought fight

Since it was formed by the Montana Legislature in 1991, the Governor's Drought Advisory Committee has been meeting regularly to share information and discuss the implications of drought on the state's natural resources and economy… (more)