Author: rpalma
Source: Missoulian “When there’s a crisis,” retired University of Montana choral professor Gary Funk observed, “sometimes the universe conspires to bring good ideas out.” That’s how the aftershocks of the 2010 Haiti earthquake may ripple across time and space to shake up western Montana’s timber industry. After two years of work, Funk and a group […]
Question: Which of the state’s 10 national forest is the largest, with 2.3 million acres? Answer: Flathead, which is about the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined.
Source: Missoulian A recently study should put to rest the notion that green lodgepole pine needles burn as fast as red ones. But more than that, Matt Jolly said, the study could help open firefighters’ eyes to the dangers lurking in mountain pine beetle-infested forests where the trees still look to be alive and doing […]
Question: Coal lies underneath what percentage of land in Montana? Answer: About 35%, part of what may be the largest coal basin on earth.
Source: Flathead Beacon Deep in northwestern Montana near the Idaho border, an expansive 28,000-acre conservation easement proposal is bringing together a diverse group of interests, with conservationists, loggers, wildlife managers and outdoor enthusiasts discovering they can all agree on a common vision: protecting working forestland from development while keeping it open to public recreation. Thanks […]