by Web Editor | Aug 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
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...
by Web Editor | Nov 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Helena National Forest is proposing a timber and vegetation project across 25,000 acres of a 61,500-acre area in the Ten Mile drainage, with the goal of improving forest and stream health, including water quantity and quality for the city of Helena’s water supply...
by Web Editor | Jun 30, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the Red Mountain Flume Chessman Reservoir timber project that officials say is necessary to protect Helena’s water supply. The Montana Ecosystems Defense Council and the Native Ecosystems Council filed...
by Web Editor | Nov 25, 2013 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service delayed its response to two environmental groups objecting to a logging plan in a Montana watershed that supplies the bulk of drinking water to 30,000 Helena residents. The Independent Record reported that Deputy Regional Forester Jane Cottrell...
