Chronic wasting disease may not be the illness of the moment, but the neurological ailment continues to threaten deer, elk, and moose in Montana.

The Environmental Quality Council (EQC) continues its work examining policies related to chronic wasting disease (CWD) at its meeting May 27-28. Members of the bipartisan council are meeting via Zoom teleconference starting ...

The Environmental Quality Council will hold a video conference on April 27 at 2 p.m. to discuss a Department of Environmental Quality proposed rule on radioactive waste.

All meeting materials are available on the EQC website at http://leg.mt.gov/eqc

This meeting is open to the public. The meeting will be streamed live on ...

Environmental Qaulity Council Chairman Jim Keane and Vice Chair Mike Lang today cancelled the March 25-26 EQC meeting in light of the nationwide response to COVID-19.

The next EQC meeting is still tentatively scheduled for May 27-28. The chair and vice chair will monitor the council's workload and issues of concern raised by members to determine whether any ...

EQC hears about neurological disease, collaborative wilderness efforts, decommissioning energy facilities, wildlife location data

The Environmental Quality Council meets January 15-16 as part of Legislative Week. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. on January 15 in Room 172 of the Capitol. Major topics of discussion include:

• HJ 38 study of bonding, decommissioning, and remediation for energy facilities
• SJ 20 study of wilderness study areas
• Chronic wasting disease
• SJ ...