By Justin Post, The Montana Standard, Butte Jul. 1--Butte-Silver Bow could receive the lion's share of the $20 million available this year through the state's Natural Resource Damage Program for restorations in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin.

By Nick Gevock, The Montana Standard, Butte Jun. 19--Dale Carpenter has for years built a diversion made of river rocks well into the channel of the Big Hole River to force water to run into his irrigation ditch.

MELROSE, Mont., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- After a nationwide search for the premier outdoor recreational development, producers for the DIY (Do It Yourself) Network have chosen Montana's Meriwether Ranch as the site of a new series called the "Ultimate Sportsman's Lodge." DIY is visible to over 50 Million viewers nationwide in the USA and around the world.

By Nick Gevock, The Montana Standard, Butte May 31--nglers on the Big Hole River have lost a fishing access site near Twin Bridges after heavy runoff eroded the road into it.

By Nick Gevock, The Montana Standard, Butte Dec.