Conservation groups are voicing opposition to a U.S. Forest Service plan to repeal the Roadless Rule, which limits road ...

Punch more roads through the forest, and you’ll get more people starting fires, fewer bull trout and an even heftier ...

Senator Steve Daines received federal agency backing on Thursday for his bill to downgrade three remote Montana landscapes from potential wilderness to regular public forest.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, center, gives remarks about a new shared stewardship agreement with the U.S. Forest Service. USFS Chief Tom Shultz, right, and DNRC director Amanda Kaster, left, also gave ...

Montanans have a long tradition of finding the center when it comes to public lands management. Across history, our leaders ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins on Thursday announced over $1.4 million in federal funding for three Montana-based projects as part of the U.S. Forest Service’s $80 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. My friends from Norway were astounded a few years ago as we drove through the forests of western ...

The groups say the Bitterroot National Forest management plan amendments would allow road building harmful to protected species. Environmentalists went to federal court Tuesday in hopes of stopping ...

Still reeling from the consequences of hiring freezes, budget cuts and staffing vacancies that hobbled public lands managers one year ago, officials with the Flathead and Kootenai national forests on ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. From the Crown of the Continent to Greater Yellowstone, many of our most treasured and special ...

Through the years, Forestry has been, and will continue to be, a significant component of Montana's economy. Joining the panel this week is Sam Scott, a Forest Economist at the University of Montana's ...