MISSOULA, Mont. — Prescribed fire projects on Kootenai National Forest could begin early this week if weather, fuel conditions and air quality permit. The Kootenai National Forest has identified ...

At the invitation of the Yaak Valley Forest Council last August, I visited the controversial logging Unit 72 within the ‘Black Ram’ project area on the Kootenai National Forest. I was in awe ...

He replaced Heidi McRoberts, who accepted a Forest Supervisor position in July 2024 on the ... Dec. 26—The Kootenai National Forest is pleased to welcome Seth Carbonari as the new Deputy Forest ...

MISSOULA, Mont.— Conservation groups asked a federal court today to block logging and road construction for the large Knotty Pine timber sale project in the Kootenai National Forest. The project ...

The Black Ram timber project on the Kootenai National Forest has been in the news recently, with controversial claims and counter claims about the project’s goals and scope. The Kootenai Forest ...

To read the Lincoln County commissioners’ opinion (Helena IR July 25) on the Kootenai National Forest’s (KNF) proposed Black Ram timber sale in the midst of an extreme heat category ...

Last year's South Yaak fire scorched over 12,000 acres of the lower Yaak on the Kootenai National Forest, underscoring the need for active forest management to reduce future wildfire risks.

Bob Castaneda, a former Kootenai National Forest Supervisor and current member of the board, remarked at the difficulties of moving forward in some forest plans when bears keep dying. "To lose a ...

(CN) — A federal judge in Montana blocked the U.S. Forest Service’s “Black Ram Project” within the Kootenai National Forest on Thursday, finding that the agency made a series of errors in authorizing ...

The event features singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers playing a guitar made from an ancient Englemann spruce, felled by a storm in northern Montana’s Yaak Valley at the edge of the proposed Black Ram ...

Gagnon will take on the deputy forest supervisor role in May, according to a Monday, April 10, news release. He replaces Heidi McRoberts, who took on the same position at the Kootenai National ...