updated Wed. May 8, 2024
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KPAX-TV
February 10, 2018
The board agrees with Daines' idea that 40 years is long enough for the areas, including the Blue Joint and Sapphire on the Bitterroot National Forest, to be returned to normal forest status. Commissioners say they'll let their supportive letter stand, but will continue to accept input and monitor the bill's status.
KPAX-TV
February 9, 2018
Most were critical of the proposal to lift the Wilderness Study Area designation for some forest lands, including the Sapphire and Blue Joint WSA's on the Bitterroot National Forest. However, some told the board that, after 40 years, it was time for the lands to be released and returned to normal NationalÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
February 8, 2018
He said the Bitterroot National Forest's own study showed the Sapphire WSA didn't have wilderness characteristics, nor did a portion of the Blue Joint WSA. “Senator Daines' bill recognizes the data analysis and study done by the Bitterroot National Forest; his bill is based on that,” Chilcott said. “He's takingÃÂ ...
Montana Standard
February 7, 2018
The Sapphire WSA includes about 94,000 acres in the Bitterroot National Forest and portions of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. The Montana Wilderness Association describes the Sapphire WSA as “the biological heartland of the wilderness complex that stretches from the Big Hole Valley toÃÂ ...
klyq
February 1, 2018
The Bitterroot Winter Special Olympics has had hundreds of volunteers through the 37 years of the event at Lost Trail Powder Mountain. And a big role is played by local law enforcement when the awards are presented. Volunteers from six law organizations presented the medals and awards at theÃÂ ...
NBC Montana
January 22, 2018
The office will reopen once Congress restores funding." It was the same at Bitterroot National Forest headquarters. Most Bitterroot residents probably didn't need services at such centers Monday morning. But almost everyone we talked to was aware of the shutdown. Ray Anderson and a friend spent the morning fishing onÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
January 14, 2018
The St. Mary's Peak lookout initially was constructed on a pole foundation, but that was replaced with a stone base after the original "cap" — or structure — blew off in 1951 during a windstorm. Photo courtesy of the Bitterroot National Forest. Gird Point Lookout. Buy Now. The Gird Point Lookout sits at anÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
January 14, 2018
Two of the areas identified for study in the 1977 MWSA are contained wholly or partially in the Bitterroot National Forest. The Sapphire WSA, totaling about 97,000 acres, straddles the boundary between the Bitterroot National Forest and the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest along the Sapphire CrestÃÂ ...
The Missoulian
January 14, 2018
The St. Mary's Peak lookout initially was constructed on a pole foundation, but that was replaced with a stone base after the original "cap" — or structure — blew off in 1951 during a windstorm. Photo courtesy of the Bitterroot National Forest. Gird Point Lookout. Buy Now. The Gird Point Lookout sits at anÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
January 6, 2018
I went to the Fly Fishers of the Bitterroot meeting last Tuesday and heard a remarkable presentation by Heather Barber, executive director of the Bitter Root Water Forum. When I came to the Bitterroot Valley in 1994, the water forum was in existence but no one really knew much about the organization andÃÂ ...
The Missoulian
December 24, 2017
The Bitterroot National Forest and the Bitterroot-Selway Wilderness area are prime grizzly bear habitat, notes Dave Lockman, a wildlife biologist with the forest. As their population continues to increase elsewhere, they're expanding their ranges. Lockman noted that a grizzly bear sighting was confirmed inÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
November 16, 2017
With many families traditionally cutting their own Christmas tree after Thanksgiving, the Bitterroot National Forest reminds them that they need to have a $5 ... holiday outing available to those who live near national forest lands, with abundant choices of trees and species on the Bitterroot National Forest.
Ravalli Republic
October 19, 2017
Tod McKay with the Bitterroot National Forest checks out the Lost Horse Guard Station that might be part of the rental system. The proposed fee ... Fees for cabin rentals, campgrounds and group sites could be increased — and in a few cases doubled —– under a proposal by the Bitterroot National Forest.
MTPR
October 19, 2017
The Bitterroot National Forest wants to raise the price to use 14 campgrounds and three cabins. The proposed fees would affect campgrounds in the Stevensville, West Fork and Darby/Sula ranger districts including the Charles Waters Campground, the Magruder Ranger's House and the Como LakeÃÂ ...
KPAX-TV
September 16, 2017
HAMILTON - The recent cooler and wet weather has prompted the Bitterroot National Forest to lower the fire danger beginning on Sunday from "Extreme" to “Moderate”. When fire danger is “moderate”, fires can start from most accidental causes, but the number of fires is usually low. If a fire starts in open,ÃÂ ...
NBC Montana
August 31, 2017
There are five new fires burning tonight on the Bitterroot National Forest. All are lightning-caused from last night's storm. The 1/4 acre Three Mile fire is located in the Sapphire Mountains east of Stevensville, north of Ambrose Saddle. There are currently 6 BNF firefighters, 2 engines and a helicopter (bucketÃÂ ...
MTPR
August 22, 2017
A timber sale that aims to reduce fire danger has been approved by the Bitterroot National Forest near last year's Roaring Lion fire site. Bitterroot National Forest Supervisor Julie King announced Tuesday that Pyramid Mountain Lumber of Seeley Lake has been awarded a timber contract for the WestsideÃÂ ...
Bitterroot Star
December 31, 1999
The letter makes note that the Bitterroot National Forest has 750,211 acres of dedicated wilderness area and two WSAs with a combined acreage of 101,974 acres and an additional 48,864. acres designated as Recommended Wilderness Areas. “We believe that there are NO public lands, which are notÃÂ ...
NBC Montana
December 31, 1999
Bitterroot National Forest timber sale administrator Jon Garlitz said Pyramid halted logging a couple weeks ago. "Log haul did continue for a couple more weeks whenever we had frozen conditions in the evening and morning," he said. "So they would haul during the morning. But last Friday even log hauls have stoppedÃÂ ...
MTPR
October 7, 2017
In September, the Bitterroot National Forest reduced its fire danger level from extreme to moderate, and last week the Custer Gallatin National ...
Ravalli Republic
September 28, 2017
Weather permitting, the southern end of the Bitterroot National Forest is planning to implement fall prescribed burning projects as early as this ...
klyq
September 27, 2017
Tod McKay of the Bitterroot National Forest said the Bass Creek Overlook Road #1136 remains closed to the public because of nearby hotspots ...
Ravalli Republic
September 27, 2017
Three sawyers from the Bitterroot National Forest are taking their crosscut saws to hurricane-ravaged Georgia to help clear trees in wilderness ...
Ravalli Republic
September 21, 2017
The Bitterroot National Forest is inviting public comments on a proposed thinning project in the Bitterroot Mountains west of Hamilton.
Ravalli Republic
September 20, 2017
The Bitterroot National Forest lowered the fire danger to moderate on Sunday, after more than a month of extreme fire conditions.
Ravalli Republic
September 17, 2017
The Bitterroot National Forest is taking comments on a proposed 27,453-acre project near Darby that involves logging, prescribed burns, ...
KPAX-TV
September 16, 2017
HAMILTON - The recent cooler and wet weather has prompted the Bitterroot National Forest to lower the fire danger beginning on Sunday from ...
Ravalli Republic
December 31, 1999
During the two-hour meeting at the Bitterroot National Forest supervisor's office, some applauded the proposals created by a citizen advisory ...
MTPR
December 31, 1999
Tuesday's hearing in Hamilton is at 6 PM at the Bitterroot National Forest Supervisor's Office on 1801 North First Street, and the final hearing ...
Ravalli Republic
September 21, 2017
The Bitterroot National Forest lowered the fire danger to moderate on Sunday, after more than a month of extreme fire conditions.
NBC Montana
September 19, 2017
... an evacuation warning is in effect on East Fork Road from FS Road 5778 to Little East Fork Rd (FS Rd 724) on the Bitterroot National Forest.
Ravalli Republic
September 18, 2017
The Bitterroot National Forest is taking comments on a proposed 27,453-acre project near Darby that involves logging, prescribed burns,ÃÂ ...
Billings Gazette
September 9, 2017
This summer, the couple moved north to a tower in the Bitterroot National Forest in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, that can only be reachedÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
September 6, 2017
Altogether, the fires cover 112,857 acres; however, only 13,632 acres from the Meyers Fire is burning in the Bitterroot National Forest, loweringÃÂ ...
klyq
August 31, 2017
The Nelson Creek Fire in the West Fork Ranger District of the Bitterroot National Forest is now over 200 acres with 125 firefighters, four enginesÃÂ ...
NBC Montana
August 31, 2017
There are five new fires burning tonight on the Bitterroot National Forest. All are lightning-caused from last night's storm. The 1/4 acre ThreeÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
August 30, 2017
About 1,700 acres are burning on the Darby/Sula Ranger District on the Bitterroot National Forest in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness andÃÂ ...
klyq
August 29, 2017
The Bitterroot National Forest closed the East Fork Road at the East Fork Guard Station. The closure includes Martin Creek Campground, EastÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
August 26, 2017
Firefighters have responded to and extinguished 55 wildfires on the Bitterroot National Forest this summer, according to McKay, who added thatÃÂ ...
NBC Montana
August 24, 2017
RED FLAG WARNING has been posted for this afternoon for the Bitterroot NF, Deerlodge/West Beaverhead NF. Scattered thunderstormsÃÂ ...
MTPR
August 22, 2017
A timber sale that aims to reduce fire danger has been approved by the Bitterroot National Forest near last year's Roaring Lion fire site.
ABC FOX Montana News
August 12, 2017
Fry fire on the Bitterroot National Forest boundary is mapped at 100 acres, with the growth being in Fry Pan Creek. Pan . fire in Sixty Two CreekÃÂ ...
klyq
August 12, 2017
That fire is moving east toward the Bitterroot National Forest. Smoke and fire will be present in the Magruder Road corridor near BargaminÃÂ ...
klyq
August 11, 2017
The fire is in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness and is moving east, causing the Bitterroot National Forest officials to examineÃÂ ...
NBC Montana
August 11, 2017
DARBY, Mont. - The Bitterroot National Forest is in a little better condition after an eight-week work stint by the Youth Conservation Corps.
NBC Montana
August 10, 2017
Mark Wilson is fire management officer on the Bitterroot National Forest. He told NBC Montana Wednesday that where the smoke comes fromÃÂ ...
klyq
August 3, 2017
The fires on the forest are not large, compared to surrounding forests, but two main factors are being considered. Tod McKay of the forestÃÂ ...
KPAX-TV
July 28, 2017
A Bitterroot National Forest spokesperson says the blazes are not threatening any structures and will be managed for resource benefits andÃÂ ...
Bitterroot Star
July 24, 2017
Dominic Butte Fire did not grow in size over the weekend and remains at 55 acres today. The lightning caused fire located on the StevensvilleÃÂ ...
Ravalli Republic
July 21, 2017
Firefighters are actively working on numerous blazes on the Bitterroot National Forest, and the wildfires have prompted some closures.
