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After a long absence of nearly four years, the Pipes and Drums Band of the Edmonton Police Service will return to perform at venues around “Ireland’s Fifth Province” and to march in the annual parade to help the city celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade will include the Pipes and Drums Band of the Edmonton Police Service, a group that has been coming to Butte to perform and help celebrate Butte’s Celtic heritage since 1984, 39 years ago.
They will perform at locations throughout Butte for their March visit, including --
Wednesday, March 15th
7:00 pm, Irish in Me, 401 S, Wyoming St.
Thursday, March 16th
10:30 am, Head Start, 1000 S. Arizona St.
11:30 am, Big Sky Senior Living, 3701 Elizabeth Warren Ave.
12:30 pm, Headframe Spirits, 21 S. Montana St.
2:30 pm, Northwestern Energy GOB, 11 E. Park St.
3:30 pm, Butte Plaza Mall 3100 Harrison Ave.
4:30 pm, BSB Courthouse Rotunda, 155 W, Granite St.
5:30 pm, Crazee Carol’s, 2702 Walnut St.
6:30 pm, Butte Brewery, 465 E. Galena St.
8:00 pm, 51 Below, 51 W. Park St.
9:00 pm, Cavalier Lounge, Hotel Finlen, 100 E, Broadway
Friday, March 17th
9:00 am, West Elementary, 1000 Steel St.
10:00 am, The Springs, 300 Mt. Highland Drive
12:00 pm, Parade, Uptown Butte streets
1:00 pm, Metals Sports Bar & Grill, 8 W. Park St,
2:30 pm, Shenanigans Bar and Casino, 1000 S. Excelsior Ave.
3:30 pm, Sam’s Place, 905 N. Excelsior Ave.
5:00 pm, Pair-A-Dice Bar, 1653 Harrison Ave.
6:00 pm, The Depot, 818 S. Arizona St.
7:45 pm, Handing Down the Heritage, Butte Civic Center, 1340 Harrison Ave.
9:00 pm, M&M Bar & Grill, 17 N. Main St.
Contributions large and small are gratefully accepted and acknowledged to help defray the expenses of the Pipers while they are in Butte for expenses such as lodging and travel.
Donations can be sent directly to Mainstreet Uptown Butte, P.O Box 696, Butte, MT 59703 with a notation that the donation is for the Friends of the Pipers Fund.
For more details, call Mainstreet Uptown Butte at 497-6464 or send email to
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March 2, 2023
By Eric Tegethoff - Producer, Contact
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Big Sky Connection - Members of Congress have begun negotiations over the next Farm Bill. Groups hope preserving biodiversity is part of the conversation. Comments from Mary Pfaffko (FAFF-ko), senior analyst for private lands, Defenders of Wildlife; and Kristine Akland, Northern Rockies senior attorney based in Missoula, Center for Biological Diversity.
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March 2, 2023 - As hearings on the 2023 Farm Bill begin, a push is on to ensure biodiversity is part of the conversation. A Senate hearing on the bill's conservation and forestry programs was held on Wednesday.
According to Defenders of Wildlife, more than 70% of species listed under the Endangered Species Act rely on private lands, and more than 40 % of private land in the lower 48 states is managed for agriculture.
Mary Pfaffko, senior private lands policy analyst, Defenders of Wildlife, said the bill is an opportunity to combat the linked issues of biodiversity loss and climate change.
"Farmers, ranchers and producers play a critical role in conserving our nation's wildlife," Pfaffko pointed out. "With so many of our nation's imperiled species occurring on private lands, depending on private lands, they depend on this Farm Bill."
Pfaffko noted Defenders of Wildlife's recommendations for the Farm Bill include incentivizing projects with co-benefits for climate and wildlife and providing national-level funding for all Working Lands for Wildlife initiatives.
Kristine Akland, the Missoula-based Northern Rockies senior attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, said the last farm bill also included exclusions for some timber sales from analyses on their environmental impact. She stressed taking away the exclusion would help protect some of Montana's diverse habitats.
"That allows the public to be involved in that process to ensure that these projects aren't completely, irreparably damaging the important ecosystems in the Northern Rockies but also, really, across the country," Akland explained.
The current Farm Bill from 2018 expires Sept. 30.
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