The Custer Gallatin Forest Plan protected nearly 200,00 acres – now Congress must act to make it permanent.
Folks are rightly passionate about protecting the incredible Madison and Gallatin ranges, and of course there are disagreements about how best to do it. I just wish we’d tackle these disagreements using facts, not misinformation. Here’s a recent example: “I don’t know the details of some…
Our years-long work to protect wildlands near Yellowstone leads to big conservation wins in new Forest plan
The Forest Service recently released the final Custer Gallatin Forest Plan, concluding the six-year forest plan revision process. The final plan brings us closer to goals that Wild Montana and our partners have been working towards for decades: protecting the last unprotected area adjoining Yellowstone National Park,…
The brand new Custer Gallatin National Forest plan will go into effect at the beginning of March, at which point there will be significantly more protection for the Crazy and Pryor Mountains, two spectacular landscapes steeped in Native American history and culture and cherished for their extraordinary ecology. It also…
After six years of planning and public input, the Forest Service has released the record of decision (ROD) for the final Custer Gallatin National Forest plan. The plan will guide how the Forest Service manages over three million acres of public lands in southern Montana for decades to come. We’ve…
Bounded by the Gallatin Valley to the north, Paradise Valley to the east, Madison Valley to the west, and Yellowstone National Park to the south, the Madison and Gallatin ranges are some of Montana’s wildest places. Their clean rivers and creeks provide clean drinking water and support healthy…
Sometime in September, we’ll reach a major milestone: the release of the final Custer Gallatin National Forest (CGNF) Forest Plan. As founding members of Gallatin Forest Partnership, we’ve spent years developing relationships with all sorts of stakeholders, poring over maps, building consensus, and encouraging the Forest Service…
Wild Montana is connecting, uniting, and mobilizing people and communities to secure a future where people and wildlife flourish because public lands and waters are wild and connected. This is the third entry in a series by Wild Montana Board President Debo Powers exploring some of the communities and wild…
On July 9, the Forest Service released the draft final plan for the Custer Gallatin National Forest – the second-to-last step in the long process of deciding how it will manage the 3.2-million-acre forest for decades. While we were happy with many outcomes in the final draft,…