USFS

Michael Burnside writes, "Management of public lands continues to be highly contentious and will likely continue, especially with deep disputes over many environmental issues such as timber harvest, vegetation management for fire control, climate change, and the need for critical minerals."

A tract of land near Yellowstone National Park which had been identified as a potential gold mining site in 2023 has been added to the roster of public lands.

Laura Lundquist (Missoula Current) Three national forests east of Missoula are proposing a plan to require continuous logging across almost a million acres of southwest Montana for at least the next decade. On Monday, the U.S. Forest Service released a draft plan for a Tri-Forest Sustained-Yield Unit, which would direct logging to occur on more than 925,000 acres across the Beaverhead-Deerlodge, H