U.S. Forest Service

A conservation group is worried the project near Yellowstone’s West Entrance will harm grizzly bears. In documents released earlier this month forest officials found no significant impact for the South Plateau Landscape Area Treatment Project.

A spokesperson for the Flathead National Forest says the agency has rejected plans for a proposed expansion to the Holland Lake Lodge in Condon. That means the project goes back to square one.

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

The complaint filed by Forest Service Employees For Environmental Ethics accuses the federal agency of violating the Clean Water Act by dropping fire retardant into water bodies during firefighting efforts.

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

The judge recommended denying advocacy groups’ claims that the Forest Service is mishandling public access to four trails.

Suppression efforts continue on a 30 acre wildfire burning outside Missoula. The investigation into its cause is underway and law enforcement is now asking for the public’s help.

Nearly 15,000 acres of land previously owned by a private logging and development company have been transferred to the Lolo National Forest.

Authorities investigating the Robertson Draw Fire south of Red Lodge have arrested a suspect and are charging him with arson.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Wyoming smokejumper has died of injuries suffered last month while fighting a wildfire in southwestern New Mexico.