This month, staff and board members have been busy engaging with the Lolo Forest Plan Revision. This plan will guide management decisions on the Forest for decades to come, and we want to ensure that it contains strong protections for wildlife and wild places in the Great Burn.

In the past month, we’ve done the following work to influence plan outcomes:

Attended planning events and a roundtable workshop with Forest Supervisor Carolyn Upton
Hosted Forest Service decisionmakers on informational field trips in the Great Burn
Worked with rural community partners to secure collaborative support for wilderness values
Submitted comments on the Draft Assessment and Species of Conservation Concern List

Right now, the Forest is scheduled to begin “scoping” this fall. This process is designed to get public feedback on what management actions are needed, and it’s a great opportunity for concerned citizens (like you!) to get engaged in the process.

If you would like to learn more about forest planning, we recommend looking through Lolo’s “Meeting in a Box” website. This helpful resource contains short background pages that explain how the plan will deal with a wide range of topics, including climate change, connectivity, wilderness and more.