The Black Ram Project encompasses more than 90,000 acres of federal forest land, while clear-cutting some areas, harvesting timber from others, and completing more than 90 miles of road construction.

Kootenai Forest planners first proposed Black Ram in 2017. It affected 95,412 acres, almost entirely in the Kootenai National Forest.

The Black Ram timber project on the Kootenai National Forest has been in the news recently, with controversial claims and counter claims about the project’s goals and scope.

The case at hand began in June 2022 when the Center for Biological Diversity, Yaak Valley Forest Council and WildEarth Guardians sued the federal government for approving the Black Ram Project in the ...

Anti-forestry groups are once again making misleading statements about the Black Ram project on the Kootenai National Forest, falsely claiming our public lands managers are seeking to “clear cut ...

The 2.2 million-acre Kootenai National Forest includes the state’s lowest elevation along the Yaak River and reaches to the 7,700-foot Northwest Peak in the Purcell Range of northwest Montana. More ...

To read the Lincoln County commissioners’ opinion (Helena IR July 25) on the Kootenai National Forest’s (KNF) proposed Black Ram timber sale in the midst of an extreme heat category, no longer ...

Last year's South Yaak fire scorched over 12,000 acres of the lower Yaak on the Kootenai National Forest, underscoring the need for active forest management to reduce future wildfire risks.

The Black Ram Project encompasses more than 90,000 acres of federal forest land, while clear-cutting some areas, harvesting timber from others, and completing more than 90 miles of road construction.

A federal judge has halted an expansive logging project in the Kootenai National Forest, often referred to as the “Black Ram Project,” after finding that the U.S. Forest Service made ...