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Holland Lake Lodges owner has ended a partnership with Utah-based POWDR to build new structures at the site and will instead try to sell the property.

The Missoula County Public Health Department is requiring that the Forest Service go back and do it right.

The Missoula County Public Health Department is requiring that the Forest Service go back and do it right.

The Missoula County Public Health Department is requiring that the Forest Service go back and do it right.

The Missoula County Public Health Department is requiring that the Forest Service go back and do it right.

A recent public records request pulled the curtain back on Flathead National Forest’s dealings with a resort operator that had plans to install a tram lift to the top of Columbia Mountain, and the findings raise some ethical concerns.

An environmental assessment for a timber project on the Flathead Forest east of the Hungry Horse Reservoir is now under a 30-day comment period.

A Swan Valley environmental group has found more evidence that Forest Service road closures are often ineffective, and the resulting illegal road use threatens Montana’s fish and wildlife.

The lightning-caused Ridge Fire along the Hungry Horse Reservoir is burning in a portion of the Coram Experimental Forest and the Coram Research Natural Area, both of which have been set aside for researchers to study western larch regeneration and management.

A wildfire west of Olney expanded its footprint Friday as authorities warned nearby residents to leave the area as critical weather conditions threatened to further fan the flames.