Whoa whoa whoa. I think our Yellowstone County Commissioners have gotten a little ahead of themselves with this proposed “clean energy” oil refinery. Today, Commissioners Ostlund, Reno and Kennedy rolled out the welcome mat to the executives from Quantum Energy. “This clean technology has really got me excited,” Commissioner Ostlund said to the Billings Gazette this week. Then, today at the Commission meeting he asked the company what he could do to help. Well, I’d like to ask Commissioner Ostlund to help the public, instead of a practically defunct energy…

This week, Montana’s Secretary of State Linda McCulloch went on a tour of the Otter Creek valley, southeast of Ashland, MT, and the Black Thunder Coal Mine, outside of Gillette, WY, with representatives from Arch Coal and other unnamed Montana legislators. She posted a couple pictures on Twitter (see below) and here and here. She seems pretty excited about it. I know when I go to the Otter Creek Valley, the first thing I think is that what the pristine, beautiful and quiet valley needs is actually a big…

“Give me tree-line, give me big sky, get me snow-bound, give me rain clouds, give me bed time….just sometimes…” – Gregory Alan Isakov One of my personal goals is to make sure that all Montanans know how special and unique southeastern Montana is – the people, the wildlife, the landscapes. We only protect the places that we love. Colin Ruggiero, filmmaker and photographer, was able to capture the immense beauty of the landscape (and also some young cows that got curious about his camera equipment) in a short…