Flathead National Forest draft management plan ready for public review

Here’s a good summary of the just-released draft of the new Flathead National Forest management plan . . .

The revised guidebook for managing the Flathead National Forest is ready for public review.

Several years of workshops, surveys, debates and deliberations came to a head late last week when forest officials published the draft version in the Federal Register.

Now, anyone interested in the Flathead’s snowmobiling, wilderness, downhill skiing, river floating, timber cutting, trail hiking, wildlife research and huckleberry picking has 60 days to add their opinions.

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