Forest

For a second time, wildlife advocates are asking the courts to require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider how the spread of logging roads on the Flathead National Forest will affect threatened grizzly bears and bull trout.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is celebrating after a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision dealing with a Montana forest.

The Missoula-area Bureau of Land Management office is going to give residents a special opportunity to weigh-in on how nearby public lands are managed.

Shareholders have approved the merger of timber companies Weyerhaeuser and Plum Creek.

Montana officials are considering giving only partial approval to a $500 million silver and copper mine proposed beneath a wilderness area near the Idaho border.

Despite more recent weather activity in western Montana, U.S. Senator Steve Daines worked the floor today in Washington to ensure the state be prepared to respond to potential drought conditions and wildfire activity.

U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell says logging in Montana could be tripled over current levels and it is important to significantly increase forest restoration work.

Missoula Urban Forester Chris Boza said thousands of trees in the city are nearing the end of their life and that the city has completed a draft plan on what to do when they inevitably die.

Gov. Steve Bullock says a new state forestry management effort is more than about improving timber mills and forest health.

On Friday, September 21, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, a bill which is designed to restrict litigation on timber harvests, make forests easier to use, and, after amendment, reinstate Secure Rural Schools funding for counties adjacent to federal lands.