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The toll of Bozeman’s housing crisis

1 month ago | hcn.org | Nick Bowlin

Last year, a mass of Arctic air sent temperatures in Bozeman, Montana, plummeting to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit — temperatures at which exposed skin can develop frostbite in less than half an hour. Massive snowstorms might be welcomed by Montana’s recreational skiers, but for people sleeping outdoors, cold weather can kill. And for years, Bozeman’s unhoused population has ballooned alongside its housing prices, with campers and RVs congregating along undeveloped streets on the city’s fringes.
The toll of Bozeman’s housing crisis

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Nick Bowlin

NowLondon CNN — There is something peculiar about entering a building only to be greeted by another one inside it, so it takes a moment to adjust upon arriving on the second floor of London’s prestigious Tate Modern art gallery. Directly in front of the entryway is a 1:1 scale facsimile of Do Ho Suh’s …
Trump halts historic orphaned well-plugging program

2 months ago | wyofile.com | Nick Bowlin

This story was originally published March 27, 2025 by High Country News. The billions of dollars approved by Congress to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells have been frozen as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to government spending, creating concerns that the cleanup will be halted just as it’s getting started.
Trump Halts Program To Plug Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

2 months ago | truthdig.com | Nick Bowlin

The billions of dollars approved by Congress to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells have been frozen as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to government spending, creating concerns that the cleanup will be halted just as it’s getting started.
Trump halts historic orphaned well-plugging program

2 months ago | hcn.org | Nick Bowlin

The billions of dollars approved by Congress to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells have been frozen as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to government spending, creating concerns that the cleanup will be halted just as it’s getting started.
How luxury real estate benefits from Montana’s agricultural tax code

Jan 15, 2025 | hcn.org | Nick Bowlin |Eric Dietrich

Montana’s property tax system is enormously complex, involving mind-boggling math and a bewildering array of rules. The point of this maze is to fairly divide the bill for public services like schools and police departments between hundreds of thousands of properties. It’s a tricky task, of course, to agree on what exactly fair means when it comes to taxes — and a trickier one for lawmakers to write a tax code that implements a fair framework without loopholes.
Montana’s agricultural tax rules slash bills for thousands of million-dollar homes

Jan 15, 2025 | valleyjournal.net | Nick Bowlin |Eric Dietrich

Home > News On the banks of the Flathead River, along an oxbow southeast of Kalispell, a pair of million-dollar homes sit adjacent to each other on large lots. At a glance, they appear quite similar, each the sort of rural dream house that has become an inescapable part of Montana’s landscape. A look at their tax bills, though, reveals a difference, the result of a singular quirk of Montana’s tax code.
Key Senate and House races remain uncalled across the West

Nov 7, 2024 | hcn.org | Nick Bowlin

In states across the Western U.S., ballot counting continues, and several crucial races remain uncalled. But initial returns and exit polls show that Latino voters and young voters turned to President-elect Donald Trump in substantial numbers.
The Forest Service is cutting its seasonal workforce and public lands will suffer

Oct 21, 2024 | williamsnews.com | Nick Bowlin

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Americans visit hiking and camping areas managed by the U.S. Forest Service more than 150 million times each year. If you have climbed a peak or hiked in a golden aspen forest, paddled a protected river or visited a cultural site on any of the hundreds of millions of acres of public national forest land, there’s a good chance that any federal workers you encountered were not full-time employees. kAm%96 286?4J C6=:6D @? 2 =2C86[ @7E6?
The Forest Service is cutting its seasonal workforce and public lands will suffer

Oct 11, 2024 | treefrogcreative.ca | Nick Bowlin |Bob Brash |Robert McKellar |David Elstone

The Forest Service is cutting its seasonal workforce and public lands will suffer By Nick Bowlin High Country News October 8, 2024 Category: Forestry Region: United States, US West Americans visit hiking and camping areas managed by the U.S. Forest Service more than 150 million times each year.