Why should towns in the West change the way they grow? And why should planners design healthier, greener communities?

Environmentalists have spent much of the session trying to beat back bills that would limit public participation in environmental decision making.

Governor Brian Schweitzer offered 37 amendments Thursday to a controversial bill that would restrict the conditions under which citizens may appeal permits to energy development projects.

NewWest.Net is very pleased to announce that Jim Lynch, head of the Montana Department of Transportation, will be joining us for the Designing the New West conference, which takes place this coming Thursday and Friday in Bozeman.

Canadian Premier Brad Wall attended the super-secret meeting in Big Sky, MT of select Democratic Governors (invited at the behest of our beloved Governor Schweitzer, president of the Democratic Governor’s Association) to tout his so-hopeful $60 million partnership in experimentation on the myth of carbon sequestration and the potential affects on our state’s water quality.