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Guy M. Brandborg (1893–1977) was supervisor of Bitterroot National Forest in Montana from 1935 to 1955 and later became a conservation activist. His campaigns were instrumental in passing the National Forest Management Act of 1976, the most significant policy affecting forestry practices on public lands since the founding of the National Forest Service.
Guy M. Brandborg of the U.S. Forest Service, was supervisor of the Bitterroot National Forest from 1935 to 1955. By insisting on selection cutting, he tried to protect the watersheds and wildlife habitats that are harmed by clear-cutting. After he retired in 1955 Brandborg denounced the Forest Service for deviating from his model.
The Bitter Root Forest Reserve was established by the United States General Land Office on March 1, 1898, with 4,147,200 acres (16,783 km 2). It was transferred to the U.S. Forest Service in 1906. On July 1, 1908, the name was changed to Bitterroot National Forest, with lands added from Big Hole National Forest and Hell Gate National Forest.
Arnold Bolle (October 5, 1912 – March 18, 1994) was a leading figure in the Montana conservation movement. Although his work primarily focused on local Montana forests and conservation efforts, Bolle's activism was instrumental in bringing forest conservation into the public view at a national scale with his widely disseminated report, A University View of the Forest Service in 1970, which ...
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Jul. 22—William Greeley of Deep River does not mince words when asked about his request that The Day examine the state's highway tree-cutting practice as part of our CuriousCT reader engagement ...
Nov. 28—A golf course irrigation pond once surrounded with brush and small trees that drew a rich variety of birds is now nearly bare of any vegetation. Those who come out to the city-owned ...
The Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the states of Idaho and Montana, in the northwestern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At 1.3 million acres (5,300 km²), it is one of the largest designated wilderness areas in the United States (14th overall, but third-largest outside Alaska ).