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spell area LA Auto Repair Service with Integrity of [Music] theity hello welcome to news now I'm your host Taylor Inman we're going over the biggest headlines this week for Northwest Montana the Montana highway patrol likely committed an unfair Labor practice violation when it fired a trooper and Union president after she raised concerns about working conditions with her labor representative according to the department for Labor and Industry in a complaint filed in April the Montana Federation of public employees alleged the Montana Department of Justice and its Highway Patrol Division retaliated against Trooper Alicia Bragg by terminating her after she shared a workplace survey with Union staff the union alleged the termination was quote retaliatory excessive wrong and in violation of Montana law the Department of Justice however argued it terminated brag because she violated orders in releasing the survey and she should have first sought permission to pass along its contents the doj said it's allowed to hold its officers accountable on June 28th an investigator with the Department of Labor and industry's board of personnel appeals found probable Merit exists to support the allegation that the doj committed an unfair Labor practice when it fired brag for communications with her Union in late January and early February the Montana highway patrol had conducted an organizational climate survey as a unique opportunity to address cultural challenges and Leadership opportunities according to findings from the Department of Labor and Industry brag said the Montana highway patrol had pledged to release its contents of the workplace survey but hadn't done so in the meantime other Troopers told brag they feared retaliation from comments theyve made in the survey brag had received a copy of the survey and instructions to not disseminate it but she said that she shared it with her Union because she wanted to pass along concerns other Troopers had raised according to the investigator's findings Bragg also said she didn't share it with the media or the general public the daily Montan has requested but not received full survey results from the Department of Justice a consultant who conducted the survey also did not respond to an earlier email requesting an interview however a summary of results obtained by the daily montanan reflected poorly on management some 40 5% of respondents said they were not optimistic about leadership participants rated leadership Effectiveness just 6.1 out of 10 and one employee said the brass Works quote for the Optics in the finding the investigator said employees have the right to discuss their terms and conditions of employment amongst themselves and with the public for quote the goal of mutual Aid and protection although cases are highly fact specific and confidentiality also plays a role in the case of brag the investigator sided with the Union in finding ample support for the complaint brag wants to be reinstated as a trooper reimbursed for lost wages and benefits and have her record cleared a hearing is expected to take place later this fall following a separate grievance process spokespeople for the Department of Justice did not comment Wednesday on the finding that their Highway Patrol Division likely committed an unfair Labor practice most rainbow trouts swimming in Montana's waters are not native to the state with the exception of the Red Band trout and the Cy drainage while common throughout most of Montana rainbow trout Lar Lely exist in the treasure state because of widespread stocking by contrast the Columbia River interior redband trout or redband trout is native to Northwest Montana and lives primarily in disconnected streams across the cutney drainage to preserve their numbers and encourage the prosperity of native species Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is restarting a native rainbow trout stock with help from the Murray Springs trout hatchery near Eureka Red Band trout are considered a species of special concern by the state few strong populations exist today and the fish only occupied 20% of its historic range the Hatchery was built in the late 1970s by the US Army Corps of Engineers after the construction of the Libby Dam to mitigate habitat and fishery losses the core still funds and maintains the facility but Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks operates and manages it the Hatchery previously raised red bands from 2009 to 2013 before switching to Gerard rainbows another subspecies of rainbow trout that isn't native to Montana the Gerard a larger trout is popular for recreational fishing the Hatchery returned to the Red Band trout this year saying they want to focus their efforts on Native Trout the Red Band trout used to exist in drainages east of the Cascade Mountains from Southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California currently the cotney river drainage contains the only Red Band population in Montana it is also the furthest Inland penetration of the trout in the Columbia River Basin according to the state wildlife agency to preserve the red band's genetic signature Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is creating a red band brood stock using native genetic strains that survive D in isolated streams the first embryos were hatched the week of June 17th juvenile fish could be ready to begin stalking around the region by summer 2025 ultimately the state will stock about 25,000 fish annually the plan is to stock the fish primarily in lakes or in some isolated streams according to the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks the flad lake Biological Station is leading an international team of biologist on a new research project trading cool Blue Mountain Weds for the open ocean the project dub subc but officially called the subtropical underwater biogeochemistry and subsurface export Alliance will receive 9.5 million dollars over five years to study ocean carbon cycling and ecosystem Reliance it is one of five projects to receive funding this year through the ocean biogeochemistry virtual Institute and the Schmidt ocean Institute philanthropic organizations committed to Ocean data collection Matt Church Biological Station aquatic microbial ecology Professor is the lead on the project he's a former University of Hawaii researcher and professor and has spent years studying Oceanic marine life the current project combines the Biological Station impressive skills in researching watersheds alongside Church's interest in the ocean much of his work according to church will focus on Plankton below the ocean's immediate surface there is existing data on Plankton distribution in the first 30 ft of the ocean thanks to satellite mapping data on the ocean subsurface between 30 and 600 ft data on the ocean subsurface between 30 and 600 ft is much less available the project will include study of the subsurface population trying to better understand plankton in this area of the ocean Church said there are a few planned Expeditions off the coast of Argentina Hawaii and South Africa the project focuses on subtropical Ocean guers or large systems of rotating ocean currents which are considered some of the Earth's largest continuous ecosystems they are responsible for around 20% of marine primary production and carbon export to the deep sea to help predict how the Marine biosphere will respond to a changing Planet the subsea project will form some of the first comprehensive studies needed for researchers to accomplish that the subc project aims to investigate how marine organisms in the earth ocean subsurface affect the gu's absorption and circulation of carbon dioxide from the Northern Pacific to the southern Atlantic according to the Biological Station the project using ships in both the North Pacific and South Atlantic will hopefully generate a mechanistic understanding of Plankton productivity and carbon export in the sub surface of the ocean at the end of the project Church said he hopes to have improved understanding of how sensitive organisms are to climate change and the types of factors that may influence sensitivity to change thanks for joining us news Nows a podcast from the daily Interlake we're proud to be the largest independent Newser in Montana and the oldest paper in the valley consider becoming a subscriber to support our work call circulation at 46755 7018 or go to the Subscribe tab in the top right corner of our website and if you haven't already subscribe to our YouTube channel to never miss an episode of the Pod everybody stay safe and have a great

week hello and welcome to news now I'm your host Taylor Inman we're going over the biggest headlines this week for Northwest Montana the Montana highway patrol likely committed an unfair Labor practice violation when it fired a trooper and Union president after she raised concerns about working conditions with her labor representative according to the department for Labor and Industry in a complaint filed in April the Montana Federation of public employees alleged the Montana Department of Justice and its Highway Patrol Division retaliated against Trooper Alicia Bragg by terminating her after she shared a workplace survey with Union staff the union alleged the termination was quote retaliatory excessive wrong and in violation of Montana law the Department of Justice however argued it terminated brag because she violated orders in releasing the survey and she should have first sought permission to pass along its contents the D OJ said it's allowed to hold its officers accountable on June 28th an investigator with the Department of Labor and industry's board of personnel appeals found probable Merit exists to support the allegation that the doj committed an unfair Labor practice when it fired brag for communications with her Union in late January and early February the Montana highway patrol had conducted an organizational climate survey as a unique opportunity to address cultural challenges and Leadership opportunities according to findings from the Department of Labor and Industry brag said the Montana highway patrol had pledged to release its contents of the workplace survey but hadn't done so in the meantime other Troopers told brag they feared retaliation from comments they've made in the survey brag had received a copy of the survey and instructions to not disseminate it but she said that she shared it with her Union because she wanted to pass along concerns other Troopers had raised according to the investigator's findings brag also said she didn't share it with the media or the general public the daily Montan has requested but not received full survey results from the Department of Justice a consultant who conducted the survey also did not respond to an earlier email requesting an interview however a summary of results obtained by the daily Montana and reflected poorly on management some 45% of respondents said they were not optimistic about leadership participants rated leadership defectiveness just 6.1 out of 10 and one employee said the brass Works quote for the Optics in the finding the investigators said employees have the right to discuss their terms and conditions of employment amongst themselves and with the public for for quote the goal of mutual Aid and protection although cases are highly fact specific and confidentiality also plays a role in the case of Bragg the investigator sided with the Union in finding ample support for the complaint Bragg wants to be reinstated as a trooper reimbursed for lost wages and benefits and have her record cleared a hearing is expected to take place later this fall following a separate grievance process spokespeople for the Department of Justice did not comment Wednesday on the finding that their Highway Patrol Division likely committed an unfair Labor practice most rainbow trout swimming in Montana's waters are not native to the state with the exception of the Red Band trout in the cotney drainage while common throughout most of Montana rainbow trout largely exists in the treasure state because of widespread stocking by contrast the Columbia River interior redband trout or redband trout is native to Northwest Montana and lives primarily in disconnected streams across the cutney drainage to preserve their numbers and encourage the prosperity of native species Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks restarting a native rainbow trout stock with help from the Murray Springs trout hatchery near Eureka redband trout are considered a species of special concern by the state few strong populations exist today and the fish only occupies 20% of its historic range the Hatchery was built in the late 1970s by the US Army Corps of Engineers after the construction of the Libby Dam to mitigate habitat and fishery losses the core still funds and maintains the facility but Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks operates and manages it the Hatchery previously raised red bands from9 to 2013 before switching to Gerard rainbows another subspecies of rainbow trout that isn't native to Montana the Gerard a larger trout is popular for recreational fishing the Hatchery returned to the Red Band trout this year saying they want to focus their efforts on Native Trout the redband trout used to exist in drainages east of the Cascade Mountains from Southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California currently the Cy River drainage contains the only Red Band population in Montana it is also the furthest Inland penetration of the trout in the Columbia River Basin according to the state wildlife agency to preserve the red band's genetic signature Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is creating a red band brood stock using native genetic strains that survived in isolated streams the first embryos were hatched the week of June 17th juvenile fish could be ready to begin stalking around the region by summer 2025 ultimately the state will stalk about 25,000 fish annually the plan is to stock the fish primarily in lakes or in some isolated streams according to mon Fish Wildlife and Parks the Fahad Lake Biological Station is leading an international team of biologists on a new research project trading cool Blue Mountain watersheds for the open ocean the project dub subc but officially called the subtropical underwater biog geochemistry and subsurface export Alliance will receive $9.5 million over 5 years to study ocean carbon cycling and ecosystem Reliance it is one of five projects to receive funding this year through the ocean biogeochemistry virtual Institute and the Schmidt ocean Institute philanthropic organizations committed to Ocean data collection Matt Church a Biological Station aquatic microbial ecology Professor is the lead on the project he's a former University of Hawaii researcher and professor and has spent years studying Oceanic marine life the current project combines the biological station's impressive skills in researching watersheds alongside Church's interest in the ocean much of his work according to church will focus on Plankton below the ocean's immediate surface there is existing data on Plankton distribution in the first 30 ft of the ocean thanks to satellite mapping data on the ocean subsurface between 30 and 600 ft data on the ocean subsurface between 30 and 600 ft is much less available the project will include study of the subsurface population trying to better understand plankton in this area of the ocean Church said there are a few planned Expeditions off the coast of Argentina Hawaii and South Africa the project focuses on subtropical Ocean guers or large systems of rotating ocean currents which are considered some of the Earth's largest continuous ecosystems they are responsible for around 20% of marine primary production and carbon export to the deep sea to help predict how the Marine biosphere will respond to a changing Planet the sub sea project will form some of the first comprehensive studies needed for researchers to accomplish that the subc project aims to investigate how marine organisms in the earth ocean subsurface affect the gu's absorption and circulation of carbon dioxide from the Northern Pacific to to the southern Atlantic according to the Biological Station the project using ships in both the North Pacific and South Atlantic will hopefully generate a mechanistic understanding of Plankton productivity and carbon export in the subsurface of the ocean at the end of the project Church said he hopes to have improved understanding of how sensitive organisms are to climate change and the types of factors that may influence sensitivity to change thanks for joining us news now a podcast from the daily Interlake we're proud to be the largest independent Newser Montana and the oldest paper in the valley consider becoming a subscriber to support our work call circulation at 46755 718 or go to the Subscribe tab in the top right corner of our website and if you haven't already subscribe to our YouTube channel to never miss an episode of the Pod everybody stay safe and have a great week thanks to our sponsor Lauren's Auto Repair at 1309 US Highway 2 in cisb most consistently rated five-star shop serving the cisel area visit Lauren auto.com will take care of you the highest rated in the CIS spell area FL auto repair service with Integrity of the highest quality for.com [Music]