Montana Timber Thinning Plan Goes Up In Smoke

A Bitterroot National Forest timber thinning project that’s been in the works for nearly five years has gone up in smoke as a result of the Roaring Lion fire. The Westside Collaborative Vegetation Management Project proposed to thin about five miles of national forest...

Montana Landowners Thin Forests Ahead Of Fire Season

When Marty Stromberg first started managing her 160-acre tract that locals call Jack Pine Flats, she could turn a little profit from the trees that went to the nearby mill. Back in the 1980s, she did most of her logging with help from her big team of horses. By the...