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      <title>Viewpoint: The 2025 to 2026 NEPA reforms and the USFS</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 13:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[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 href="https://missoulacurrent.com/viewpoint-nepa-reforms/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michael Burnside writes, &quot;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.&quot; <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/viewpoint-nepa-reforms/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Conservation groups, USFS add public land near Yellowstone Nation</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 15:59:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[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. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/conservation-usfs-yellowstone/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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. <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/conservation-usfs-yellowstone/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Proposed USFS plan to streamline logging on three Montana forests</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:15:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[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 <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/logging-montana-forests/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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 <a href="https://missoulacurrent.com/logging-montana-forests/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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