If you wish to read the entire Flathead National Forest Plan proposal, including the grizzly bear amendment, you’ll have to wade through better than 550 pages of text and figures. If you’d prefer to start with something easier to digest, the recent press coverage offers a pretty good overview of the main points . . .

• Flathead National Forest Unveils Vision for Future Management – An excellent overall discussion of the high points of the Forest Plan by Dillon Tabish of the Flathead Beacon.
• First look at Forest Plan – An introductory article by the inimitable Chris Peterson of the Hungry Horse News.
• 5 Montana forests move to manage habitat for grizzlies – The Missoulian’s summary of the grizzly bear amendment.