Archive for the tag 'fuels reduction'

Feb 03 2012

U.S. Forest Service announces plans to boost timber production, forest health work

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From today’s Missoulian . . . The U.S. Forest Service wants to speed up work on national forests, for both timber production and forest health. “Collaboration is most effective in getting forests managed in a proper way,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a conference call on Thursday. “We want to move beyond the conflicts [...]

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Jun 29 2011

Temporary road access closures in the North Fork area

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From a press release posted to the Flathead National Forest web site . . . Release Date: Jun 28, 2011 Public access on the Moose Creek Road, Forest Road #210C, and the Moran Creek Road, Forest Road #5241, both located north of Columbia Falls on the Flathead National Forest, will have temporary access changes beginning [...]

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Jun 25 2009

Fuels reduction at no cost, maybe?

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Wth fire season approaching, this article that appeared in today’s Daily Inter Lake might be worth checking out . . . Timberland owners in Northwest Montana have an “unprecedented” opportunity for free fuels reduction work with federal stimulus funding being offered through the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. The department is accepting grant [...]

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