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.

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 Black Ram project area is an important reference site for assessing and restoring old forest conditions throughout the Kootenai. Once I entered Unit 72, I immediately observed centuries-old ...

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 order prohibited the U.S. Forest Service from implementing the project, which was expected to last 10 years. The Black Ram project would have allowed nearly 4,000 acres of the Kootenai National ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...