Randy Beacham News Today

In this guest essay, the writer suggests that protecting old growth trees in the Kootenai could establish the Montana as national reference in confronting climate change

Should a haven for grizzlies be off limits to hikers? Kylie Mohr The Cabinet Mountains frame Kootenai National Forest near Montana’s Yaak Valley. The Pacific Northwest Trail is a wild wonder that takes hikers through one of America’s few inland temperate rainforests. For 1,200 miles, it winds along the Canadian border, through rugged mountains and gaping valleys in Montana, Idaho, and Washington, until it meets the Pacific Ocean. © Photograph by Chris Howes, Wild Places Ph...