by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
The machines are hard at work, kicking up clouds of dust on the dried gravel and sediment as they play pick-up-sticks. They’re compacting the earth, hauling out literal tons of logs and other wood on the banks of the Yellowstone River, swept to the shore by the...
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
REED POINT, Mont. (AP) — Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana’s Yellowstone River, the cleanup workers are gone and a mess remains. Thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt cover portions of sandbars....
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
On June 24, a train carrying molten asphalt derailed as a result of a bridge collapse plunging 10 loaded cars into the Yellowstone River near Columbus, Montana. As much as 500,000 pounds of liquid asphalt was spilled, contaminating the Yellowstone River for...
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
In emails to state and federal officials, conservation organizations and individuals have outlined several concerns about long-term impacts to and monitoring of the Yellowstone River following a June 2023 train derailment that resulted in a toxic spill. “We deserve to...
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
In May, the Supreme Court voted to obliterate one of the most important rules that helps keep our aquatic ecosystems clean and thriving. Montana needs to step up and show leadership to fill that gap. The decision in that case, called Sackett vs. EPA, is weedy but...
by Ashton Bunce | Jun 5, 2024 | News Release
No matter where you are reading these words, walk over to the faucet, pour yourself a glass of water, set it down on the table and let its translucent swirl settle into clarity, then consider the origin of this essential medium—the most important substance for life on...
