Conservation Policy
Conservationists across western Montana are planning events in March 2026 to discuss the Roadless Rule.
The 2025 Montana Legislature Report & Voting Record is here! In it, you will find a summary of developments affecting conservation across the state and a record of how each individual legislator voted on key issues.
On January 17, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2020 decision that struck down the basis for the previous Trump administration’s oil and gas leasing on more than a million acres of public lands in key habitat for the Greater Sage-grouse in the West.
On Wednesday December 18, the Montana Supreme Court upheld the original ruling in the Held v. Montana lawsuit, and affirmed that, “… Montana’s right to a clean and healthful environment and environmental life support system includes a stable climate system.”
Montana Audubon is honored to present the Conservationist of the Year Award to the 16 youth plaintiffs of the Held v. State of Montana lawsuit, in recognition and honor of their historic, winning, youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting public input as they work to finalize management plans for more than 67 million acres of public lands where most of the sage-grouse are found.
On Monday, February 26, 2024, Montana Audubon joined conservation partners for the unveiling of the 2024 Migratory Bird Stamp art contest winner during a ceremony at the State Capitol.
On February 2, 2024, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that two additional senators—U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL)—have joined them as cosponsors of their bipartisan legislation, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA).
This morning, the Montana Land Board granted unanimous approval for a purchased conservation easement for the Owen Sowerwine Natural Area!
