Forest Service hears concerns over Ten Mile-South Helena forestry project

By Tom Kuglin
Helena Independent Record
December 6, 2017
Category: Forestry
Region: United States, US West

Logging in roadless areas, restrictions on mountain biking and the appropriateness of mixing fire mitigation with trail development highlighted objections to a proposed forestry project south and west of Helena. On Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service held an official objection meeting for the Ten Mile-South Helena Project. The project area encompasses more than 60,000 acres and includes timber harvest and prescribed burning focused on wildfire protection, along with trail maintenance and construction. The Forest Service released a draft decision in August, which… received about 30 objections. …The project has seen significant support but also criticism from wildlife advocates, as well as concern about mechanized logging in inventoried roadless areas. 

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