Jun 20 2011
From the just-published North Fork Bear News . . . The U.S. Forest Service in cooperation with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Glacier National Park and others is sponsoring a community bear fair on July 9th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Polebridge Mercantile. The event will feature educational talks, booths and displays [...]
Apr 21 2011
Larry Wilson’s column this week discusses the changes on the North Fork over the last century or so, especially those related to Forest Service activity . . . I have written several times about how change has affected the North Fork, especially the changes brought about by the influx of the two periods of homesteading [...]
Mar 23 2011
This article from today’s Missoulian is well worth reading if you have any interest in the proposed changes to the USFS planning rule. The write-up includes information on how to access the planning rule website and leave comments . . . It’s a little like changing the shape of the strike zone in baseball, or [...]
Dec 03 2010
U.S. Forest Service Regional Forester Leslie Weldon gave a talk at the University of Montana yesterday. The presentation seemed short on specifics, so it wasn’t entirely clear whether he was advocating good things, bad things or just being diplomatic, but any time the Forest Service adjusts the way they do business, it has a pretty [...]
Sep 09 2010
Today’s Missoulian has an interesting, slightly worrisome, article on changes in management and focus within the U.S. Forest Service . . . Not quite a year into her station as top forester of Region 1, Leslie Weldon finds herself in the middle of a major U.S. Forest Service identity change… Region 1 covers 25 million [...]
Jul 18 2009
Here’s the Associated Press coverage of Tester’s forest bill . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is tackling bitter, decades-old forest disputes head-on, unveiling a plan Friday that promises both more logging and more wilderness areas in Montana. Read the entire article . . .
Jul 18 2009
The Missoulian is all over Senator Jon Tester’s “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” (mostly called “Tester’s wilderness bill” throughout the week). The big reveal was at a meeting in Townsend Friday afternoon. The Missoulian posted a basic write-up shortly thereafter, followed by two lengthier articles early Saturday morning. What’s the North Fork connection? The projects [...]
Mar 27 2009
Some federal economic stimulus money will be allocated to projects in the Flathead National Forest. According to an article in today’s Daily Inter Lake, a “meeting at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce from 7 to 9 a.m. April 15 will explain the funding as well as the scope and type of projects for which the [...]
