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  • Dear Editor: Montana Climate Matters

    LANCE CRAIGHEAD, Craighead Institute|Apr 8, 2026

    Dear Editor, Ecologists understand that each species occupies a 'niche' in the environment where the right living conditions (defined by temperature and moisture), resources (including food, water, and shelter), and lack of competition from other species allow populations to survive and reproduce. Plants grow where conditions are right, and animals depend upon plant communities to provide food and shelter. A niche is a 'space' in the world that a species has adapted to over its whole history....