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Flathead National Forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Flathead National Forest is a national forest in the western part of the U.S. state of Montana. The forest is located in the Rocky Mountains with elevations ranging from less than 4,500 feet to over 8,500 feet (1400 to 2600 m). Commercial activities in the non-wilderness sections of the forest include timber harvesting, two downhill ski resorts and a small amount of cattle grazing. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flathead_National_Forest   (409 words)

Forest Roads & Planning Suit The Flathead National Forest is located in Northern Montana, south and west of Glacier National Park, and between the Lewis and Clark National Forest to the east and Kootenai and the Lolo National Forests to the south and west. Defendant Cathy Barbouletos is the current Forest Supervisor for the Flathead National Forest, and she, and her predecessor in office prior to her assumption of the Office, acted at all times relevant hereto as the Forest Supervisor for the Flathead National Forest. On or about January 22, 1986, the Flathead National Forest issued its Record of Decision adopting a Forest Management Plan for the Flathead, approximately 3months after the date set for the adoption of an initial plan of September 30, 1985 (16 U.S.C. 1604(c)). www.mtmultipleuse.org /lawsuitcomplaint.htm   (8731 words)

GORP - Flathead National Forest - Around the Forest The 2.3 million-acre Flathead National Forest is bordered by Canada to the north, Glacier National Park to the north and east, the Lolo National Forest to the south, the Kootenai National Forest to the west and the Lewis & Clark National Forest to the east. Three wilderness areas are primarily within the Flathead National Forest. The Flathead is part of the USDA Forest Service managed under the multiple-use concept for water, fish, wildlife habitat, oil and gas, wood, grazing, wilderness, recreation and minerals. gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_forest/mt/mt_flath_3.htm   (703 words)

Recreation Welcome The 2.3 million-acre Flathead National Forest is bordered by Canada to the north, Glacier National Park to the north and east, the Lewis and Clark National Forest to the east, the Lolo National Forest to the south, and the Kootenai National Forest to the west. Flathead National Forest's Jewel Basin is a 15,000 acre hiking area is maintained exclusively for hiking and camping. Like all National Forests the Flathead National Forest is managed under the multiple use concept for water, fish and wildlife habitat, timber, grazing, recreation, wilderness, and minerals. www.fs.fed.us /r1/flathead/rec/myweb/welcome.htm   (1301 words)

The Daily Inter Lake The Flathead National Forest has unveiled its final plan for managing areas burned by the Robert and Wedge Canyon fires in summer 2003. The Flathead National Forest has released its final plan for managing areas burned during the 2003 fires in the North Fork drainage, including this area of the Robert Fire. Flathead forest officials contend the proposed action reflects public input gathered from collaborative meetings held last February. www.dailyinterlake.com /articles/2004/11/04/news/news01.txt   (563 words)

EPA: Federal Register: Forest Plan Amendment 21; Flathead National Forest, Flathead, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, and Powell Counties, State of Montana On June 28, 1990, the Forest Service published in the Federal Register a Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement on a proposal to amend the Flathead National Forest LRMP to adopt standards for management of habitat for pileated woodpecker, marten, and barred owl (55 FR 26475). The purpose of preparing a revised supplemental EIS for the Flathead National Forest LRMP is to amend LRMP goals, objectives and standards, as well as LRMP monitoring requirements, for timber and wildlife pending completion of the UCRB process and revision of the Flathead National Forest LRMP. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 22, 1986, Northern Region, Regional Forester, James C. Overbay issued the Flathead National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP), Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), and Record of Decision (ROD). www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1996/December/Day-04/pr-17197.html   (1592 words)

L.L.Bean: Park Search - Flathead National Forest Along the forest's extreme eastern edge is the magnificent Chinese Wall, a thousand-foot-high and 12- mile-long limestone escarpment that forms the boundary between the Flathead and Lewis and Clark national forests. There are 219 miles of wild and scenic rivers in the national forest, including the North, Middle and South forks of the Flathead River. Sail on Flathead Lake at the north end of Flathead National Forest. www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/10733gd.htm   (291 words)

Flathead National Forest Information The Flathead National Forest is called "the heart of the Rocky Mountain wild lands." With forty-seven percent of the Forest designated Wilderness, wildlife viewing can be considered the number one recreation activity. The Flathead National Forest is located in northwestern Montana and is comprised of 2,351,761 acres. Adjacent to the Flathead National Forest is Glacier National Park. www.forestcamping.com /dow/northern/flatinfo.htm   (905 words)

Montana Forum In addition, Flathead National Forest Supervisor Cathy Barbouletos has indicated she will make a request to her superiors that an "emergency situation" designation be placed on the two fire areas. On June 25, Flathead National Forest officials announced a draft plan to salvage log areas burned by the Robert and Wedge Canyon fires last summer. KALISPELL - Flathead forests burned in the summer of 2003 could yield more than 40 million board feet of public timber, with new rules putting the harvest beyond the reach of some environmental appeals. www.montanaforum.com /print.php?sid=349   (600 words)

Wildernet - Flathead National Forest The Forest sits adjacent to portions of Flathead Lake and along the western boundary of Glacier National Park. The North Fork, Middle Fork, and portions of the South Fork of the Flathead River are within the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and are used for floating excursions. The Flathead Wild and Scenic River, a favorite of white-water rafters, and the Swan River dissect the beauty of the Mission, Swan and Flathead Mountain Ranges. www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=0110&CU_ID=1   (532 words)

NFN - Flathead Post Fire Logging The Flathead National Forest currently has not assessed the impacts of its proposal to log burned forest in all of the fire areas burned outside of designated wilderness areas in 2003. According to the Flathead National Forest, the goal of these projects is to leave only a few trees per acre of either Douglas fir or western larch. Post fire logging such as the Flathead National Forest has proposed in the burned forests of 2003 turns these forests into a patchwork of clearcuts with heavily damaged soils and new roads that fragment grizzly bear habitat and feed sediment into clear, fish inhabited streams. www.nativeforest.org /flathead.htm   (818 words)

Number 1 April 1, 1993  Flathead National Forest Fire Management staff determined in the spring of 1988 that it would be necessary to burn the areas in the fall to maximize the chances of meeting the objectives and reducing long-term risk. During the 1988 Yellowstone fires, whitebark pine forest communities in several areas, both inside and outside Yellowstone National Park, were burned in stand-replacement and mixed-mortality fires. SETTING: The Glacier View Ranger District is located just west of Glacier National Park and south of the Canadian border in the Flathead River drainage. www.nrmsc.usgs.gov /nutnotes/number1.htm   (3484 words)

ipedia.com: Glacier National Park (U.S.) Article It borders Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and the two were designated an international peace park in 1932. Glacier National Park is a national park in Montana. The north fork of the Flathead River forms the western boundary of the park. www.ipedia.com /glacier_national_park__u_s_.html   (572 words)

Missoulian: Flathead snowmobile plan opens more lands The plan, which covers the Flathead National Forest, adds snowmobiling lands in the North Fork Flathead River drainage and in the Swan River area - places that were designated non-motorized in the agreement between snowcatters and conservationists. The Flathead forest's existing rules, as they apply to snowmobiling in grizzly country, call for an end of snowcatting by March 15, a couple weeks before the bears emerge. The result was forest officials recommended 10,000 additional acres of snowmobiling, and extended the season for a month and a half. www.missoulian.com /articles/2003/06/25/news/mtregional/news06.txt   (768 words)

What We Have Accomplished on the Flathead National Forest We developed and maintain an interpretive trail on the Flathead National Forest to educate the public about the difference between native old-growth forests and those that replace them after clearcutting. When the Flathead National Forest tried to slow down its logging of old-growth forests because it was trashing watersheds, the timber industry filed a lawsuit to keep cutting. The 1986 Flathead Forest Plan would have built 75 miles of road per year until its already abundant 4,000 miles of roads was increased to 6,000. www.swanview.org /accomplish.html   (579 words)

Get Outdoors - State and National Park, Forest, and Monument Finder Flathead National Forest is located in the Rocky Mountain Province of northwestern Montana. Get Outdoors - State and National Park, Forest, and Monument Finder The Forest has 34 developed campgrounds and picnic areas, either clustered around the scenic Hungry Horse Reservoir or scattered along rivers and lakes. syndication.getoutdoors.com /getoutdoors/destination_summary/99.html   (152 words)

Find in a Library: Forest resources of the Flathead National Forest Forests and forestry -- Montana-- Flathead National Forest. Subjects: Forest surveys -- Montana-- Flathead National Forest. Find in a Library: Forest resources of the Flathead National Forest worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/247275815f83898ca19afeb4da09e526.html   (78 words)

Flathead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Flathead Indians or the Flathead Indian Reservation If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flathead   (81 words)

Kalispell on Encyclopedia.com The headquarters of the Flathead National Forest are in Kalispell. 11,917), seat of Flathead co., NW Mont., at the head of Flathead Lake near Glacier National Park; inc. 1892. A sign warns visitors to be wary in Glacier National Park near Kalispell, Montana. www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kalispell.asp   (365 words)

Flathead National Forest - Montana State Park - Flathead National Forest Pictures - A collection of pictures and information from Flathead National Forest, located in NW Montana. Road rip and a small timber sale on Flathead National Forest - "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." --Samuel Adams. org Home What We Have Accomplished on the Flathead National Forest Roads: The 1986 Flathead Forest Plan would have built 75... www.stateparks.com /flathead.html   (372 words)

The Glacier Institute :: Your Classroom is Montana's Glacier National Park and the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem — The Flathead National Forest Conservation Education Program provides opportunities for our visitors, employees and local communities to explore, discover and learn about the cultural and natural resources found in forest and aquatic ecosystems and the interrelationships in naturals systems between people and the land. The Forest Service is obligated under the National Historic Preservation Act to provide interpretation and recreation opportunities connected with historic and cultural sites. The Forest Service manages National Forest lands with an interest to interpret and protect significant cultural resources. www.glacierinstitute.org /newsletter.htm   (663 words)

Search Results for continental divide - Encyclopædia Britannica river in northwest-central Montana, U.S. It rises in Flathead National Forest, in Teton county near the Continental Divide, and flows southeastward for a course of 130 miles (209 km) into the... national park set in a scenic Rocky Mountain wilderness in northwestern Montana, U.S., adjoining the Canadian border and Canada's Waterton Lakes National Park. Photogallery of pictures taken at the Glacier National Park and the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem. www.britannica.com /search?query=continental%20divide&ref=news0604tsdiv   (547 words)

Missoulian: Glacier National Park and Flathead National Forest News Release Posted at 5:50 p.m August 29 Missoulian: Glacier National Park and Flathead National Forest News Release Glacier National Park and Flathead National Forest News Release Forest as a result of the Robert, Trapper and Wedge fires. www.missoulian.com /articles/2003/08/30/mtracker/news/21gnprelease.txt   (510 words)

Flathead National Forest Pictures All pictures below are from Flathead National Forest, using various film and digital cameras. This Forest also contains Flathead Lake with the largest city being Kalispell. Adjacent to Glacier National Park to the north and east, the Continental Divide to the east and Canada to the north, it contains Big Mountain Ski Resort, the Jewell Basin and Hungry Horse Dam. www.worldfromtheweb.com /Parks/Flathead/Flathead.html   (417 words)

glacier national park Located on six forest/meadow acres in the Flathead National Forest. Waterproof, tear-resistant topographic maps of America's most popular national parks, seashores and forests. Rafting and Hiking In Glacier National Park, MT Whitewater rafting, backpacking, fly fishing, hiking, and backcountry chalet adventures in Glacier National Park, Montana. www.goinginto.com /find?keywords=glacier+national+park   (498 words)

Flathead National Forest - Kalispell, MT, 59901-5797 - Citysearch Flathead National Forest - Kalispell, MT, 59901-5797 - Citysearch Sign In · Help · Nov 17 2005 national.citysearch.com /profile/6080504   (81 words)

Standard Peak Roadless Area, Flathead National Forest (MT) Standard Peak Roadless Area, just west of Glacier National Park on the Flathead National Forest, is located in one of the most scenic of all the Rocky Mountains' many outstanding landscapes. Wildlife Refuge Budget & Appropriations Energy Development National Monuments Off-Road Vehicles RS 2477: Highway Robbery Roadless Areas Wildland Fires BLM Lands National Forests National Parks National Wildlife Refuges Eastern Forests The Forest Service is developing a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the salvage sales, due before summer of 2002, with a final decision expected before the end of the year. www.wilderness.org /WhereWeWork/Montana/standard.cfm   (530 words)

Flathead National Forest Campgrounds The campground is 50 miles west of the St. Mary, MT entrance to Glacier National Park or 35 miles from the West Glacier, MT entrance to the Park. The nearby South Fork of the Flathead River is a family float river. The North Fork of the Flathead River is an excellent family float river. www.forestcamping.com /dow/northern/flatcmp.htm   (3696 words)

North Fork Preservation Association - Local Forest Fire Information Links This is a collection of links to forest fire information applicable to the Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park. This is the official source for information about fires in the Flathead National Forest. For Glacier National Park specifically, there is sometimes additional information on their "Press Releases" page: http://www.nps.gov/glac/pphtml/news.html. www.gravel.org /fireinfo   (226 words)

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