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Public Comment Period Opens for the Libby Exploration Draft Environmental Assessment

Jan-21-25 by Moosetrack Megan

The Kootenai National Forest has prepared a draft environmental assessment (EA) for the Libby Exploration Project. The draft EA analyzes the effects of the proposed activities in the Plan of Operation submitted by Montanore Minerals Corporation (MMC), a fully owned subsidiary of Hecla Mining Company, for the Libby Exploration Project.

Lawsuit filed over proposed 9,000-acre logging project’s possible impact on lynx, grizzlies near Whitefish

Jan-19-25 by Moosetrack Megan

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service over a major logging project that would impact 9,000 acres of land 13 miles west of Whitefish.