Smoke billows from a prescribed burn as part of a 125-square-mile restoration project on the Payette National Forest near McCall, Idaho. (USFS, AP Photo)

Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act on National Forests

A review of U.S. Forest Service land management accomplishments, budget and litigation since complying with the National Environmental Policy Act.
A log goes through a vertical saw at RBM Lumber in Columbia Falls, Montana. (AP Photo/Flathead Beacon, Greg Lindstrom)

What Happened to Montana’s Forestry Jobs?

Timber harvests are the major cause of declining employment and labor earnings in Montana’s forest industry.