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WASHINGTON, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Private sector aerial firefighters report their aircraft are mission-ready for what could be another devastating fire season in the US, as dry conditions continue to persist over much of the country. In fact, according to a US Forest Service (USFS) spokesman, the 2013 fire season is projected to be similar to last year's, when 9.3 million acres of wildland were destroyed, by a total of 67,674 fires. Operators of helicopters and...
- Conclusion of latest funding round provides financial underpinning to develop out 164 MW wind portfolio in Ireland GREAT FALLS, Mont., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Renewable energy generation and energy storage group, Gaelectric, has raised $84 million in funding for its portfolio of on-shore wind energy projects on the island of Ireland. The portfolio comprises 164 MW of generation capacity across 13 projects which the Group plans to develop out by 2017, representing a total...
Montana physical therapy clinic Professional Therapy Associates applies manual and passive therapy techniques in treating office workers with lower back pain resulting from hours spent sitting at desks. KALISPELL, Mont., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Over 31 million Americans experience lower back pain at any given time (1). Montana physical therapy clinic, Professional Therapy Associates (PTA), specializes in diagnosing and treating lower back pain. Physical therapists at...
Sportsman's Warehouse has acquired 10 Wholesale Sports Outdoor Outfitters locations in Oregon, Washington and Montana. These stores will re-open as Sportsman's Warehouse locations in the next few weeks. MIDVALE, Utah, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sportsman's Warehouse has acquired 10 Wholesale Sports Outdoor Outfitters locations in Oregon, Washington and Montana. The stores, which were acquired from Canadian cooperative United Farmers of Alberta, were temporarily closed on March...
State Leaders Urged to Support Tobacco Prevention Initiatives WASHINGTON, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kids in Montana will stand up against tobacco on March 20 as they join thousands of young people nationwide for the 18(th) annual Kick Butts Day. More than 1,200 events are planned across the United States. (See below for a list of local events.) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO ) Organized by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids...
Wildlife Conservation Society Grizzly bear, wolverine, and bull trout among species ranked as 'highly' vulnerable to climate change and road use A new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada (WCS Canada) creates a conservation strategy that will promote wildlife resiliency in the Southern Canadian Rockies to the future impacts of climate change and road use. The report's "safe passages and safe havens" were informed in part by an assessment of six iconic species—bull...
Transformational Technology Seen as Breakthrough for Abundant Clean Power KALISPELL, Mont., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Signaling a new day for viable, cost effective energy storage, Zinc Air, Inc. (ZAI) and Flathead Electric Co-op (FEC) announced today an agreement to install a battery on FEC's campus in Kalispell, Montana. This installation will help demonstrate how ZAI's technology can deliver on the long-held promise of battery storage technologies in delivering cheap, clean...
Additional flights combined with returning service add to airline's leading position in the state ATLANTA, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will offer new and expanded summer service from Montana to Atlanta and Los Angeles, effective June 22, 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO ) The new service changes include: Atlanta to Bozeman expanded from twice per week to three weekly Atlanta to Kalispell expanded from...
Montana is Outlier as Other States Consider Bills Backing End-of-Life Choice WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's leading end-of-life choice advocacy organization urged the Montana Senate and Governor Steve Bullock to reject a bill passed Wednesday in the Montana House of Representatives by a 51-46 vote that would imprison doctors for up to 10 years if they provide aid in dying. "Threatening doctors with 10 years in jail for honoring a terminally ill...
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Daspletosaurus, meaning “frightful lizard” is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that resided in western North America between 77 and 74 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils of the only named species were found in Alberta, although other possible species from Alberta and Montana wait for description. Daspletosaurus is closely related to the much larger and more current Tyrannosaurus. Like most of the known tyrannosaurids, it was a multi-ton bipedal...
The Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands are an ecoregion of northwestern North America within the northern United States and Canada. This area is made up of rolling grassy hills and river valleys of the Rocky Mountains foothills within the US state of Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta. The area largely consists of the Rocky Mountain Front, where the Great Plains rise to meet with the Rockies, and is therefore close to the Continental Divide. The foothills are drained by the...
Yellowstone National Park is located in the United States. The majority of the park is located in Wyoming, but there are smaller areas of the park in Idaho and Montana. It is thought that this area was the first to be established as a national park in the entire world. The area was home to Native Americans for about 11,000 years, but was not well known to Americans until the 1860’s, when the first organized explorations were conducted there. The Lewis and Clark Expedition in the 19th...
Glacier National Park is located in the American state of Montana, south of the Canadian borders of British Columbia and Alberta. The park contains one million acres of varying landscape with a wide range of plant and animal life. It holds two mountain ranges, over 130 discovered and named lakes, and 16,000 square miles of protected unspoiled ecosystem known as the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem. The history of human presence in the Glacier National Park area is thought to begin about...
Deinonychus is a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. There’s one described species, Deinonychus antirrhopus. These dinosaurs, which were capable of growing to be 11 ft long, lived during the early Cretaceous Period, around 115 to 108 million years ago. Fossils have been uncovered from the U.S states of Wyoming, Montana, and Oklahoma, in rocks of the Cloverly Formation and Antlers Formation, though teeth that might belong to Deinonychus have been found much farther east in...
