Resource Management

Resource Management

The Forest encompasses more than 3 million acres in southern Montana and northwestern South Dakota. Made up of a series of distinctive landscapes and “island” mountain ranges that transition between western mountainous terrain to eastern pine savanna. Stretching more than 400 road miles, the forest is a highly diverse landscape ecologically, socially, economically, and culturally.

 

  • South Plateau Landscape Area Treatment Project

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    Updates for the South Plateau Landscape Area Treatment Project. The Project is located south and west of West Yellowstone, Montana and includes forest resilience and fuels reduction treatments, and access designation changes on Forest System roads. The project was authorized with a Decision Notice in 2023. Annual updates will be posted for the duration of project implementation.

  • South Otter Landscape Restoration and Resiliency Project

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    The South Otter Landscape Restoration and Resiliency Project was developed to improve forest resiliency in ponderosa pine forest, reduce the risk of large-scale high-severity wildfire and fuel loads in forest and grassland ecosystems. You can follow the progress of implementation on the interactive web map found on the links below.

  • Riley Pass Mine Clean-up

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    An Uranium Mine Clean-up site from the 1950's, including maps, newsletters and documents. Approximately 250 acres of disturbed highwall, pit floor, and spoils areas are identified and are being reclaimed. Hazards within the Riley Pass area include high walls, pit floor, unstable overburden, elevated radioactive materials, and heavy metals.

  • Inventory & Monitoring Reports

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    Inventory and Monitoring - Implementation & Effectiveness Monitoring reports for timber sales, prescribed burns, travel plans, vegetation monitoring and more.

  • Minerals

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    Information pertaining to unpatented claims, geology, mines, and reclamation on the Forest.

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