WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Energy and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2026: * * * Court Clears Way for Forest Management Project in Montana Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana allowed the Forest Service's Gold Butterfly Project on the Bitterroot National Forest to proceed. The project is in Ravalli County east of Corvallis in southwest Montana. The project authorizes almost 5,300 acres of commercial harvest, almost 2,100 acres of non-commercial tre more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM Invites Initial Public Feedback for January 2027 Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Montana/Dakotas * BILLINGS, Mont.- The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 60 oil and gas parcels totaling 18,565 acres that may be included in a January 2027 lease sale in Montana/Dakotas. The scoping period ends Sept. 24, 2026. Leasing is the first step in the process to deve more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 26 -- The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2026: * * * Montana DEQ Accepting Public Comment on Second Supplemental EA for Yellowstone County Generating Station On Monday (August 24) the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released a second draft supplemental environmental assessment (EA) under the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) for the Yellowstone County Generating Station, commonly referred to as the Laurel Generating Station, a natural-gas more PR