Montana

Third-Grader Brings Bike Lane to Montana

A third-grader in Missoula, Montana has successfully rallied her city to build a new bike lane near her busy street.
29 September 2009 - 8:00am
The Missoulian

Building (and Living) Off the Grid

When Borton and Welsh found 90 acres bordering a national forest near Whitehall, Montana, they parked a trailer, dug in, and began building Sage Mountain Center, a combination of cordwood and straw bale, powered off-grid by the sun and wind.
18 January 2009 - 9:00am
Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments

Grid Could Expand Wind Power in Montana, But Also Coal

Montana is flush with wind power capacity and the state's governor wants $15 billion in federal funding to build the infrastructure to transmit it. But some worry the proposed grid would also expand coal-based energy production.
30 December 2008 - 7:00am
The Christian Science Monitor

Largest Land Conservation in U.S. Sealed

A deal between a Montana timber company and conservationists to preserve 320,000 acres of forest is the largest land conservation in U.S. history.
1 July 2008 - 12:00pm
The Missoulian

Thinking About Smart Growth in Montana

Gallatin County, Montana, has experienced 20 percent population growth over the last eight years, and officials are hoping that the adoption of smart growth principles will help guide the rapidly developing area towards a sustainable future.
18 March 2008 - 9:00am
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Shifting Demographics Give New Face To Great Plains

The population shift from rural to urban areas is making big changes in the Great Plains. While many rural small towns are disappearing, the shift is opening new doors for business and preservation.
27 August 2007 - 8:00am
USA Today

Montana's Most Hazardous Activity: Driving To Work?

Writer–on-the-Range Alan Kesselheim describes the most hazardous activity in Montana -- driving, with a particular focus on Hwy 191 through Gallatin Canyon. Every western state has a similar, hazardous route.
16 May 2007 - 12:00pm
Writers on the Range via San Francisco Chronicle

Best Practices of Development in Northern Rockies

A new vision of development in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming is taking shape.
8 May 2007 - 12:14pm
Sonoran Institute

Adaptive Recycling: From Brick Wall To Public Park

Community activists and designers have made a deal with local officials to reuse construction materials from a demolished fire station to build an amphitheater in a local park.
6 April 2007 - 9:00am
The Missoulian

Growth Plan Favors Development Over Farmland

Open space in Flathead County, Montana, has been steadily decreasing for years, and a recently approved growth policy emphasizes development and the economic benefits that follow rather than farmland preservation.
22 March 2007 - 10:00am
The Missoulian

Montana Moving To Limit Eminent Domain

The state legislature is moving to place explicit limits on local government's power to take private land in response to the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court's Kelo ruling.
15 March 2007 - 11:00am
New West

Can't Find Housing For Your Workers? Buy A Motel!

Motels fill a critical housing niche in Montana's booming mountain resort region known as "Big Sky" outside Yellowstone Park: they house area workers as well as guests. While the rooms are shared to reduce costs, dangerous commuting is eliminated.
20 February 2007 - 9:00am
The New York Times via International Herald Tribune

A Citizens Guide to Subdivisions and Smart Growth

A new guide helps citizens to identify the differences between good and bad subdivisions in Monanta.
16 November 2006 - 1:00pm
Montana Smart Growth Coalition

Montana Zoning Vs. Cappuccino Cowboys

Once unthinkable, zoning is now being considered by Montana counties to prevent subdividing open space and ranch land.
15 October 2006 - 9:00am
Governing Magazine

Property Wrongs: Lessons from Oregon

Report by Seattle-based Sightline Institute documents a growing backlash against "property rights" initiatives in Oregon communities deeply affected by Oregon's Measure 37 and implications for western states.
13 October 2006 - 2:00pm
Sightline Institute

Series Covers 'Planning In The West'

A series of articles and reports addressing growth in the Western United States, including Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Idaho and other states.
15 September 2006 - 6:00am
New West
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