Five groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to restore the ban on electric bikes in national parks.
SEELEY LAKE — We pause in the truck as the red fox crosses snow-covered Dunham Creek Road in front of us. It turns to stare boldly as we rumbl…
The national forest trails around Missoula are favorite escapes that see heavy use all year long. They are popular spots for increasing number…
A proposed 85,000-acre project on public lands south of St. Regis is one of the largest projects in recent years for the Lolo National Forest …
Debris flows in the area burned by the 2017 Rice Ridge fire ended up sending a sediment plume into the Blackfoot River this week, making fishi…
LOLO NATIONAL FOREST — Past the sea of beargrass, beyond the high mountain meadows filled with lupines, yarrow and asters, above the pines bur…
Carolyn Upton has awhile to get used to her new supervisor’s post at the Lolo National Forest before it begins its biggest overhaul in three d…
A Reserve Officers’ Training Corps training exercise in the Rattlesnake Wilderness last spring ran afoul of Lolo National Forest use policies.
As a military veteran, I sometimes reflect on my service years ago and how I can continue to serve my country today. Back when I was in unifor…
HAMILTON — Three more lookouts within the Bitterroot National Forest are being recommended for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.
A land transfer has moved 640 acres of former timberland near Beavertail Hill State Park into public ownership, with more potentially on the way.
The Missoula Snowgoers have started grooming the snowmobile trail system in the Lolo Pass area on the Missoula and Powell ranger districts, an…
After nearly 10 percent of the 2-million-acre Lolo National Forest was hit by this summer’s wildfires, officials are working to decide how muc…
Thinning and burning work resumes in the lower Rattlesnake National Recreation Area this month as Lolo National Forest crews return to the Mar…
Missoula air might get smoky on Monday if weather conditions permit some prescribed burning on hillsides around the valley.
Wet, warm conditions are putting many loggers out of the woods as early spring breakup closes roads in western Montana.
I would like to respond to retired U.S. Forest Service Dave Atkins’ (Jan. 27) column, “Support forest treatment in Rattlesnake.” There are som…
Re: "Objections continue to smolder over Rattlesnake Rec Area forestry plan" (Jan. 3):
A Rattlesnake forestry debate many thought was settled last summer still smolders as the deadline for a final decision nears this month.
In response to Mariss McTucker from Dixon, (Feb. 19 letter):
In Montana, after the elk is tagged and converted to little wrapped packages, we say, “Meat’s in the freezer.” An homage to our history; an im…
The Lolo National Forest wants to know what roads people like or would like to lose in the forests around Missoula.
Tim Garcia will become supervisor of the Lolo National Forest, starting in April.
The Lolo National Forest plans to file its intent this spring to move forward with cleanup efforts at the defunct Kennedy Creek mining complex…
