TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 30 -- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release: Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Forest Service (FFS) announced the deployment of an additional 20-person Type 2 initial attack hand crew to Montana to support ongoing wildfire suppression efforts. On July 14, the National Preparedness Level was elevated to five, which indicates the highest level of wildfire activity. According to the Nation more PR

BOISE, Idaho, July 28 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Governor Brad Little joined the governors of Montana and North Dakota and two premiers of Canadian provinces in urging President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to "restore normal movement" and securely open the United States-Canada border immediately. Business, shopping, and tourism between the two countries remain slowed because of national policies related to the pandemic. As leaders more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 31 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: Attorney General Austin Knudsen submitted a formal comment to the White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair (CEQ) demanding that it withdraw its two-year "delay" of the Trump administration's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) modernization and reforms. Prior to the Trump administration's reforms being finalized in July 2020, the CEQ had not comprehensively updated the regulatio more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 29 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 28, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced that project agreements of the cross-boundary, active management projects associated with the Montana Forest Action Plan have been signed and completed. "This fire season has proven to all Montanans the importance of active forest management to reduce wildfire risk," Governor Gianforte said. "These fourteen active management projects across the more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 29 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 28, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the state has secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) from FEMA to assist with costs associated with fighting the Poverty Flats Fire burning in Big Horn County and Crow Agency. "Montana is experiencing severe fire conditions, and weather forecasts indicate that will continue for the foreseeable future," Governor Gianforte said. "As we more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 31 (TNSJou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: By Rachel Hergett, MSU News Service Nature is, in many ways, hard to measure, yet researchers have spent decades searching for ways to best quantify its health and create benchmarks for conservation. Now, an international team led by Montana State University ecologist Andrew Hansen hopes to help the more than 150 countries in the Convention on Biological Diversity standardize how they monitor fore more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 28 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that a second DEC Forest Ranger has been deployed to Montana to assist in fighting western wildfires. Yesterday, New York State welcomed home Forest Ranger Timothy Carpenter at the end of his two-week assignment fighting the Bootleg Fire raging in Oregon. DEC Commission more PR