Lolo National Forest

A longtime Forest Service employee has been tapped to lead the Stevensville Ranger District on western Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest.

Lolo National Forest officials are starting an environmental review for a proposed plan to manage the forest. A former employee of the Blackfeet Nation pleads guilty to stealing nearly $80,000 from the tribe.

Montana’s wildlife and public health agencies recommend game meat be tested for Chronic Wasting Disease (CSW). Snowbowl ski area outside of Missoula said it's working to improve safety conditions. CSKT and the U.S. EPA announced Friday that they signed an agreement aiming to bolster job opportunities for Salish Kootenai College students.

The Lolo National Forest is requiring Snowbowl ski area outside of Missoula to repair chairlifts and improve safety conditions before this year’s ski season.

Lolo National Forest officials said they’ve hit a new milestone in the process of revising the forest’s decades-old land management plan.

As wildfire season winds down, late summer and early fall prescribed burning is picking up throughout Montana.

Evacuation orders and warnings remain in effect due to the Colt Fire, burning northwest of Seeley Lake. Residents near the intersection of Beaver Creek Road and Highway 83 have been ordered to evacuate. A lightning-caused fire is burning roughly 120 acres five miles east of Arlee.

An internet service provider says it will use tens of millions of dollars in federal funding to expand high-speed internet access in western Montana. Officials with Montana’s national forests say prescribed burning is set to begin and run through the spring season. The Missoula Police Department says three female juveniles were taken into custody Wednesday regarding alleged threats made against Hellgate High School.

Lolo National Forest officials are hosting a series of public workshops to kick off the assessment of their land management plan.

Three virtual events are on the calendar for January with the goal of looping the public into the process of revising the document that guides the management of the Lolo National Forest and its resources.