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beaverhead–deerlodge national forest

Forest Service attempts to illegally shrink 'secure habitat' in huge deforestation project | Mike Garrity

Grizzly bears were put on the Endangered Species List in 1975 — 51 years ago. They will not be recovered until bears from the Northern Continental Divide and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem can naturally connect to provide crucial genetic exchange to prevent irreversible inbreeding. Yet, despite having a legal mandate to

Conservationists sue the FS to stop Cooke City deforestation project on the border of Yellowstone National Park | Mike Garrity (copy)

The Cooke City area of Montana has one of the healthiest whitebark pine forests in the region. Yet now, the Forest Service wants to apply an unscientific method of logging across more than 2,000 acres of these whitebark pine forests on the northeastern border of Yellowstone National Park. Whitebark

Gusty winds and mountain snow: What to expect weather-wise through Saturday in SW Montana

Gusty winds and mountain snow are still on track to affect most of southwestern Montana Thursday through Saturday evening, according to National Weather Service forecasts. Wind gusts were measured largely between 30 and 50 mph from Anaconda east to Butte and Whitehall and down to Dillon on Thursday. Some higher

Basin Creek Reservoir fire contained at 6.7 acres in concern area for fire, water managers

A cataclysmic wildfire in the vicinity of Basin Creek could affect reservoir, drinking water

Humbug Spires: Butte's climbing and hiking destination

South of Butte in the western reaches of the Highland Mountain range, the Humbug Spires rise to a height of more than 600 feet above the landscape’s trees and boulders. These rock formations are part of an igneous or granitic intrusion. Magma rose from the depths, intruding into the

Fire officials: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest may light RX fires this week

Fire officials announced Monday that the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest may implement prescribed burning operations this week. If weather and fuels conditions allow, potential project areas include the following: Butte Ranger District: Basin Creek Watershed Project — Five miles south of Butte, fire crews will continue burning slash piles. Smoke impacts

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest announces prescribed burns

‘Tis the season. Smoke billowed Wednesday from prescribed burning south of Butte. The sources included burning slash piles collected from ongoing work to thin timber in the watershed of the Basin Creek Reservoir. That work is driven by concerns that a catastrophic wildfire could choke the reservoir with debris, sediment