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Sidney – A Montana Business Adaptability Grant recently helped ease the financial burden providing a safe COVID-free facility for eastern Montana youth. "We are cleaning constantly," said Elaine Stedman, of the Boys & Girls Club of Richland County CEO, Sidney. "The cleaners can be difficult to find and expensive ... The other day I found Clorox wipes that were $48.99 a container; I couldn't believe it." The Boys & Girls Club of Richland County serves children in grades Kindergarten-fifth g...
Conventional horizontal drilling and production methods in Montana's Bakken Oil Field extract 9 to 15 percent of available oil. The remainder – which is to say the great majority – is never touched. The Montana DNRC, through the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (BOGC), is funding research that could alter the recovery equation and take oil production to a new level. In 2011, three members of the Montana Tech Petroleum Engineering Department approached the Montana Board of Oil and Gas...
What does irrigation do for Montana’s agricultural economy? Take a trip down the Tongue River Valley, where you’ll find about 25,000 irrigated acres along its 190-mile length. With 130 frost-free days per year, high quality soils, and a climate that features hot days and warm nights, growing conditions are nearly identical to California’s San Joaquin Valley. Apples, pears, melons, squash—just about any crop grown in the Golden State can be grown here. There’s a vineyard in Miles City. “We have an image problem,” says John Hamilton, who...
What does irrigation do for Montana's agricultural economy? Take a trip down the Tongue River Valley, where you'll find about 25,000 irrigated acres along its 190-mile length. With 130 frost-free days per year, high quality soils, and a climate that features hot days and warm nights, growing conditions are nearly identical to California's San Joaquin Valley. Apples, pears, melons, squash-just about any crop grown in the Golden State can be grown here. There's a vineyard in Miles City. "We have a...
When a wildland fire breaks out on land assigned to DNRC for direct protection, the odds are good that fire will be controlled before it reaches 10 acres in size. How good are the odds? In 2012, DNRC suppressed 304 of 322 wildfire starts before they reached 10 acres-a success rate of 94 percent. In 2013, it was 293 of 299 for a success rate of 98 percent. DNRC believes that safe, aggressive initial attack is the best wildfire containment strategy, one that minimizes costs and damages to state...
