U.S. Forest Service

On Tuesday, The Flathead National Forest proposed a nearly 5,000-acre timber sale near Hungry Horse.

U.S. National Forest Service Chief Randy Moore spoke in Missoula Thursday and said $10 billion will soon help fund work in forests around the country.

Conservation group Trout Unlimited is getting $40 million from the federal government to fund watershed restoration efforts in national forests across the country, including here in Montana.

Wildlife advocates Tuesday called for the U.S. Forest Service to implement rules they say will mitigate conflict between predators and livestock grazing in national forests.

A nonprofit organization made up of past and current U.S. Forest Service employees is suing the agency. The complaint filed by Forest Service Employees For Environmental Ethics accuses the federal agency of violating the Clean Water Act by dumping fire retardant into water bodies.

The Montana State Land Board approved the acquisition of almost 6,000 acres in the Big Snowy Mountains on Monday. The land will now become the state’s newest wildlife management area.

A proposed expansion to a historic lakeside lodge in Swan Valley has drawn more than 5,600 public comments on the U.S. Forest Service website. A public meeting on the proposal is set for Tuesday, October 4.

The proposed deal will finish remediation that has been ongoing since the 1990s, replacing contaminated yards in Anaconda and Opportunity, and closing off remaining slag piles.

The owner of Holland Lake Lodge in the Swan Valley is partnering with POWDR, a ski resort operator, and wants to add a new lodge, cabins, a restaurant and parking lots to accommodate more guests. Susan Monahan of the Seeley-Swan Pathfinder reports more than 100 people raised concerns about the project at an open house earlier this month.

A fire that began Thursday at the intersection of Highway 12 and Spokane Creek Road has led to evacuation orders for the west shore of Canyon Ferry Reservoir and Matt Staff Road in Helena.