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Missoula's Neptune Aviation Prepared For Forest Service Contracts [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:57:11 +0000

Neptune Aviation expecting Forest Service contracts

Lawsuit Holds Up Logging in Lewis and Clark Forest

Jon King — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:31:26 +0000

Environmental groups issue a new lawsuit hoping to force the U.S. Forest Service to perform an environmental assessment before removing hazardous trees in the Lewis and Clark Forest.

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Bitterroot Ski Club Will No Longer Maintain Donated Cabin

Associated Press — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:54:53 +0000

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — The Bitterroot Cross-Country Ski Club says it will no longer operate or maintain a cabin it donated to the U.S. Forest Service after agency officials put the cabin up for rent on a national reservation system.

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Forest Service Working on Two Small Fires

Peter Christian — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:35:57 +0000

Forest Service working on two small fires near Missoula.

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New Wildfire Near Garrison [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:28:37 +0000

The Wet Cottonwood fire is burning near Garrison Junction.

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Update – Chrandal Creek Fire Now 30% Contained [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:49:36 +0000

Chrandal Creek Fire now 30% contained.

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Small Fire Between Missoula and Lolo [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:13:18 +0000

Small fire burning between Missoula and Lolo.

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Pine Beetle Infestation Tapering Off in Montana

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:21:23 +0000

A U.S. Forest Service official says mountain pine beetle activity is declining in Montana.

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New Option In Works For Drilling In Wyo. Forest

jannettemcdonald — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:10:29 +0000

The U.S. Forest Service says it has begun work on a new option for allowing a controversial gas drilling project in western Wyoming.

Houston-based Plains Exploration and Production Co. seeks to drill up to 136 gas wells from 17 well pads in Bridger-Teton National Forest

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Northern Regional Forester Named Deputy Chief

jannettemcdonald — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:40:32 +0000

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has named Northern Regional Forester Leslie Weldon the deputy chief of the agency.

Weldon will move to Washington, D.C., early next year to take over the position, which has been vacant since Joel Holtrip retired two months ago

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Lawsuit Filed To Halt Montana Timber Project

jannettemcdonald — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:05:25 +0000

Four conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service in federal court seeking to halt a 2,038-acre logging plan contained in a restoration project for the Lolo National Forest about 10 miles north of Seeley Lake.

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Fire Retardant

jannettemcdonald — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:22:16 +0000

The U.S. Forest Service has released a plan for using retardant in battling wildfires that limits its use in areas occupied by threatened or endangered plants, fish and animals.

The 370-page draft environmental impact statement released Friday follows a ruling last year by U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy in Missoula, Mont., ordering the forest service to take a tougher look at the possibility that routinely dropping toxic fire retardant on wildfires from airplanes kills endangered fish and plants.

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Wildland Fire Protection

Shande Wiest — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:54:44 +0000

The Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation and the U.S. Forest Service are working to exchange portions of their wild land fire protection areas. Fire prevention coordinator for the DNRC, Cindy Super explains the protection exchange proposal.

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