Montana hunters asked to test animals for disease Nov 1, 2009
In southern Montana and near the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge, elk, deer and moose hunters are asked to donate the heads of their harvested game for a study of chronic wasting disease. The fatal disease has turned up in. (Montana Standard, MT)
David Leo MesserAug. 11, 1949 - Sept. 29, 2009 Oct 4, 2009
He attended Great Falls schools and graduated from Charles M. Russell High School. He took courses in land surveying with the Montana State Highway Department and North Idaho College in Coeur dAlene, Idaho, and obtained his Montana State Land Surveyor-in Training license. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Montana ranchers offered cash for grazing rights Jul 9, 2009
GREAT FALLS (AP) Two conservation groups have sent letters to ranchers offering to pay cash in exchange for the ranchers' grazing rights in the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The World Wildlife Fund and the National Wildlife Federation hope to end conflict between nesting birds and foraging cattle and elk on the land. (Montana Standard, MT)
Making an investment in water conservation (11) Apr 28, 2009
Other projects in Montana include 120,000 for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge; 406,000 for the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge; 111,000 for the Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge; 50,000 for the Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge; and 22,000 for Bowdoin. The funding is part of a major investment from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in more than 770 projects nationwide through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to build visitor centers, improve... (Helena Independent Record)
