Conservation Groups Appeal Lolo National Forest Decision for Industrial Logging in Unroaded Wildland
Restoration or Exploitation?
Claiming that the Fishtrap project perfectly illustrates the failed nature of the current U.S. Forest Service management scheme for restoring forests, the Ecology Center, Native Forest Network and Alliance for the Wild Rockies have filed a formal administrative appeal over the Fishtrap logging project that calls for industrial logging in unroaded wildlands, old-growth forests and habitat for grizzly bears and bull trout. [more]
WHEN BISON GRIEVE: Notes from Montana’s “Fair-Chase” HuntDo bison grieve? Decide for yourself. The remaining three bulls slowly gathered around their fallen brother, the carriage of their tails registering distress. One, in particular, seemed especially anguished; he pawed the motionless shoulder as if to rouse him. [more]
BISON HUNT 101Welcome to Bison Hunt 101, the class you lucky tag-winners are required to take prior to Montana's new and improved bison "hunt." Please take notes. I'm presenting a number of bullet points -- ha, pun intended -- on "Bison Hunting DOs and DON'Ts." Here goes. [more]
Proposal has everything to do with real estate profits
Historic Sites, Pristine Roadless Lands, Water Quality, Elk Habitat Threatened by Ski ResortOn September 9th and 10th 1805, after traveling down the Bitterroot River, the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped at Travelers Rest in the shadow of Lolo Peak. On September 11th while traveling up present-day Lolo Creek, Lewis wrote in his journal “the mountains on the left high & covered with snow.� Lolo Peak (9,096' elev.), now Missoula Montana's loftiest landmark dominates the high peaks at the northern boundary of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and looks today much as it did 200 years ago.
A massive ski resort development billed as the largest in North America (A ski area twice the size of Big Mountain in Whitefish, MT.) is being proposed for the public lands surrounding Lolo Peak. The proposed development of a full-service “village� with high-end shops, 2200 exclusive housing units, ice skating rink and a golf course is just 3 miles from historic sites at Travelers Rest State Park and the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and would forever blemish the historic view from the adjacent Lolo Trail. [more]
Forest Management
Unhealthy Forest PolicyEditors Note: The following is an excerpt of a presentation Jeff gave on Healthy Forest Policy, at the Nature Forum, October 25th, in Missoula
I'd like to provide a historical perspective—a much abbreviated summary— on the Healthy Forest debate. Some politics, and some science from the unusual perspective of how little we really know. [more]
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Montana House Bill 60 Makes Way for Meth Lab CleanupMontana House Bill 60, effective October 1, 2005, sets the first state standards for decontamination of clandestine methamphetamine labs. The Department of Environmental Quality will administer the bill and property owners foot the bill. [more]
