U.S. Forest Service Delays Montana Logging Decision

The U.S. Forest Service delayed its response to two environmental groups objecting to a logging plan in a Montana watershed that supplies the bulk of drinking water to 30,000 Helena residents. The Independent Record reported that Deputy Regional Forester Jane Cottrell...

Can The U.S. Forest Service Shift Its Fire Focus?

For years, Davey Pitcher pushed federal foresters for permission to protect trees just outside of his family’s Wolf Creek Ski Area from the invasion of the spruce beetle. The West Fork complex of wildfires bore down on Wolf Creek this summer. Davey Pitcher wants the...