AUBURN, Alabama, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- Auburn University issued the following news: Kelly Dunning, a researcher and professor in Auburn University's College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, is exploring the varied policy responses to chronic wasting disease, or CWD, among states through the Lone Mountain Fellowship at the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. CWD is spreading across the U.S. in free-ranging white-tailed deer, moose and elk herds. Dunning believes it more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 27 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2022: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today asked a federal board to overturn the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to grant a permit change allowing bison grazing in Phillips County. The permit is a part of the American Prairie Reserve's broader effort to expand bison grazing on the plains across northern and eastern Montana. Attorney General Knudsen's appeal asks t more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 24 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: More than three dozen leaders from law enforcement, criminal prosecution, advocacy groups, public health, and private industry leaders came together today in Helena to discuss efforts and effective strategies to combat human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in Montana. The event was hosted by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Montana Trucking Association, and Truckers Agai more PR

BUTTE, Montana, Aug. 26 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today convened a public safety roundtable with local officials, treatment providers, and law enforcement officers in Butte as the crisis at the U.S. southern border drives up drug interdictions, drug use, and crime in Montana, and throughout the country. "Drug dealers, who work hand-in-hand with dangerous drug cartels to profit off of addiction and death in Mon more PR

DEER LODGE, Montana, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today recognized Jay Wood with the 2021 Montana Governor's Veteran Commendation at a ceremony in Deer Lodge. The event honoring Wood marks the final ceremony for the 31 awardees of the 2021 commendation. Nominations for the 2022 Montana Governor's Veteran Commendation will open the first week of September 2022. "There's no better way to cap off the 2021 M more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 25 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: In a damning report released on Wednesday, investigators with a Trump-appointed Inspector General found that not only did Ryan Zinke make "statements to investigators with the overall intent to mislead them," but he also tried to pressure them into keeping the report quiet until after the November election. Investigators said in the report, "Secretary Zinke cited DOJ guidelines and contended that we sho more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 24 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: On Monday, Democratic legislators sent a letter to the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), asking for clarity on if the department would seek re-accreditation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Earlier this year, the Montana State Hospital lost federal CMS accreditation and millions of dollars in funding for failure to meet safety and quality standards, thanks  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Aug. 25 (TNSawa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University doctoral student and Ph.D. graduate recently received honors for their research on precision agriculture in Montana. Sasha Loewen and Paul Hegedus in the College of Agriculture received Graduate Student of the Year awards from the International Society of Precision Agriculture. Both were recognized at the organization's annual meeting held at the end of June in Minneapol more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: By Shiloh Skillen-Robison, MARCOM ops manager of University Communications & Marketing Montana State University Billings recently hosted an iEMBER conference for collaborators passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion in biology education and research. iEMBER is a national research coordination network funded by the National Science Foundation, an independent government agency, to bring more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: In her first campaign ad, Democrat Monica Tranel says, "In Congress, I'll take on anyone who tries to rip off Montana." But Tranel's own party is currently ripping off Montanans. Democrats' latest spending spree, which Tranel supports, raises taxes on the middle class by $20 billion, according to the nonpartisan CBO. NRCC Comment: "If Monica Tranel was in Congress, she'd be the one ripping off M more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 25 (TNSjou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * Anklebone analysis reveals when beavers evolved to swim * * * A new analysis of a beaver anklebone fossil found in Montana suggests the evolution of semi-aquatic beavers may have occurred at least 7 million years earlier than previously thought, and happened in North America rather than Eurasia. In the study, Ohio State University evolutionary biologist Jonathan Calede describes the f more PR