Students deliver Christmas meals to veterans in Great Falls
In the video above, Paul Sanchez reports on students from Central Catholic High School in Great Falls, who provided all of the fixings for Christmas meals for 50 military veterans.
HELENA — Leaders with the Montana Division of Pure Assets and Conservation say the metrics they use to measure drought have modified – and their statewide plan for responding to drought wants to alter as nicely.
“It was simply time,” mentioned Michael Downey, DNRC’s water planning part supervisor.
The present plan, which dates again to 1995, lays out how the state displays and identifies drought – together with triggers for formally classifying completely different ranges of drought and finally declaring a drought emergency. Downey says it’s been key for holding the general public knowledgeable on what the state of affairs actually is, and for justifying requests for federal drought help.
Downey mentioned the precise dedication of what counts as a drought gained’t change considerably, however the brand new plan will exchange a number of outdated drought indicators. He mentioned among the largest adjustments shall be in how leaders talk drought info.
“How we work together with folks and businesses and with the general public, and the way we do outreach to the general public, has utterly modified,” he mentioned.
DNRC has been listening to loads of issues about drought this yr from the water customers they work with. Laura Nowlin, coordinator for the Musselshell Watershed Coalition, mentioned many agricultural customers within the Musselshell basin have been planning for low water ranges since final fall. She mentioned the circumstances are just like final yr – one other unusually dry yr – however the reservoirs that maintain saved water have been drawn down.
Nowlin says a lot of the work her group does has been to plan for flooding – which has a way more quick impact.
“Drought, the impacts are simply tougher to see, and I’d say in all probability longer-lasting,” she mentioned. “The restoration interval – it is determined by how lengthy the drought lasts.”
As leaders have a look at potential updates to the drought administration plan, they’re going to get enter from seven regional stakeholder teams. Downey says they’ll embody many representatives from agriculture, but additionally outfitters and guides, municipal water methods and {the electrical} energy trade.
“I feel over the course of in all probability concerning the subsequent six months is the place we’re going to see our largest progress when it comes to a product that we will present,” he mentioned.
Pedro Marques, govt director of the Huge Gap Watershed Committee, says his group is participating in stakeholder conferences, and he’s planning to have a extra targeted interview with DNRC arising quickly. He says certainly one of his group’s large priorities has been bettering water storage. For instance, he says upstream water customers use extra irrigation water than typical, however that water absorbs into the soil and offers later moisture downstream. He hopes the state will have a look at choices like that in this course of.
“We would like the state to actually look creatively at what drought administration can imply,” he mentioned.
Downey says certainly one of their largest objectives shall be to alter the main focus of the plan.
“Response is what occurs while you’re in a drought,” he mentioned. “We need to transfer that dialog from response to preparedness. There’s been a drought in Montana in 21 of the final 22 years. Drought just isn’t one thing uncommon; we dwell within the arid West, and the calls for on our water provide are solely going up.”
DNRC has arrange a web based portal the place you will discover out extra concerning the drought administration plan and methods you possibly can present enter as the method continues.
After a thrilling 2024 season, FCS football will crown a champion when North Dakota State and Montana State battle on a Monday night. As the Bison and Bobcats near the pinnacle of the sport, let’s take a look back at their journeys.
North Dakota State finished the regular season 10-2, losing its first game to Colorado out of the FBS and its final game to South Dakota out of the MVFC. The season-ending loss prevented the Bison from winning the MVFC outright, but it didn’t matter as NDSU still got the No. 2 overall seed in the playoffs.
North Dakota State fought off an early scare from Abilene Christian in the second round to win by 20 points. In the quarterfinals, the Bison beat Mercer 31-7 in a game they controlled from start to finish.
In the semifinals, North Dakota State defeated South Dakota State for the second time this year to advance to the championship game. Click or tap here for more on the thrilling finish.
Opponent | Win/Loss | Score | Record | Ranking (AFCA) |
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at Colorado | L | 31-26 | 0-1 | No. 2 |
vs. Tennessee State | W | 52-3 | 1-1 | No. 2 |
at ETSU | W | 38-5 | 2-1 | No. 2 |
vs. Towson | W | 41-24 | 3-1 | No. 2 |
at No. 15 Illinois State | W | 42-10 | 4-1 | No. 2 |
vs. No. 6 North Dakota | W | 41-17 | 5-1 | No. 2 |
at Southern Illinois | W | 24-3 | 6-1 | No. 2 |
vs. No. 1 South Dakota State | W | 13-9 | 7-1 | No. 2 |
at Murray State | W | 59-6 | 8-1 | No. 1 |
vs. Northern Iowa | W | 42-19 | 9-1 | No. 1 |
vs. No. 14 Missouri State | W | 59-21 | 10-1 | No. 1 |
at No. 4 South Dakota | L | 29-28 | 10-2 | No. 1 |
vs. (15) Abilene Christian | W | 51-31 | 11-2 | No. 4 |
vs. (7) Mercer | W | 31-7 | 12-2 | No. 4 |
vs. (3) South Dakota State | W | 28-21 | 13-2 | No. 4 |
North Dakota State has a reloaded roster under first-year head coach Tim Polasek. The Bison have the Jerry Rice Award winner CharMar Brown in the backfield along top-three Walter Payton Award finalist Cam Miller. The trenches are stout yet again with NFL prospect Grey Zabel on offense and All-American Eli Mostaert on defense.
Montana State finished the regular season 12-0 with the longest regular-season win streak in the FCS. Only two Bobcat games — an FBS win over New Mexico State and a Big Sky win over UC Davis — were within one possession.
Montana State’s dominance continued in the playoffs. The Bobcats didn’t play a close game in the first two rounds, averaging 50.5 points scored and a 32.5 margin of victory.
In the semifinals, Montana State held off South Dakota to advance to the championship game. Tommy Mellott led the way offensively with 134 passing yards and a touchdown plus 125 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Click or tap here for more from the game.
Opponent | Win/Loss | Score | Record | Ranking (AFCA) |
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at New Mexico | W | 35-31 | 1-0 | No. 4 |
at Utah Tech | W | 31-7 | 2-0 | No. 3 |
vs. Maine | W | 41-24 | 3-0 | No. 3 |
vs. Mercyhurst | W | 52-13 | 4-0 | No. 3 |
at Idaho State | W | 37-17 | 5-0 | No. 3 |
vs. Northern Colorado | W | 55-17 | 6-0 | No. 3 |
vs. No. 8 Idaho | W | 38-7 | 7-0 | No. 3 |
Portland State | W | 44-14 | 8-0 | No. 3 |
at Eastern Washington | W | 42-28 | 9-0 | No. 2 |
vs. Sacramento State | W | 49-7 | 10-0 | No. 2 |
at No. 4 UC Davis | W | 30-28 | 11-0 | No. 2 |
vs. No. 10 Montana | W | 34-11 | 12-0 | No. 2 |
vs. UT Martin | W | 49-17 | 13-0 | No. 1 |
vs. Idaho | W | 52-19 | 14-0 | No. 1 |
vs. South Dakota | W | 31-17 | 15-0 | No. 1 |
Montana State is an experienced group with a mix of young talent. Adam Jones was the runner-up for the Jerry Rice Award while senior Tommy Mellott is a top-three Walter Payton Award finalist. Brody Grebe leads the defense; he finished ninth in Buck Buchanan Award voting.
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Students deliver Christmas meals to veterans in Great Falls
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Gas prices have dropped again across Montana just as drivers hit the roads for one of the year’s busiest travel times.
GasBuddy.com reports average gasoline prices in the state have fallen 4.2¢ per gallon in the last week and are averaging $2.79 per gallon as of Monday.
Gas prices are 20.2¢ per gallon lower than at this time a month ago and 22.7¢ per gallon lower than a year ago.
The national average price of gasoline has risen 3.1¢ per gallon over the last week to $3.01 per gallon, which is 2.6¢ lower than a month ago.
GassBuddy.com reports the cheapest gas in Montana was at $2.56 per gallon on Sunday while the most expensive was $3.06 per gallon.
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