Quaking Aspen grove restoration on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest (HLC) has been an on-going project since the late 1990’s. Montana has experienced a significant decline of Aspen in the last century mainly due to overgrazing and suppression of wildfires. Restoration of this tree...
An important part of land management practices that take place on National Forest land is habitat restoration. Actions ranging from cleaning up old mine sites to riparian corridor restoration are important aspects of public land stewardship. Most of these projects occur within areas that have...
A large portion of my role as a Resource Assistant for the Wildlife Program on the HLC is working on small NEPA projects. These projects are relatively small in nature and include actions such as trail reroutes, mining...
Larabee Hat Project Area Field season has been in full swing for the Wildlife Program on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest this summer. We have numerous project areas to visit, each with a ton of field work that needs to be completed before our NEPA...
North Fork Sun River Field season is finally here, while there is still plenty of snow in the mountains, our wildlife crew was very ready to hit the trail after a long winter in the office planning and dreaming of being outside. My field season started...
Bat Showing symptoms of White-nose Syndrome Recently I was able to join Montana State Biologists and Forest Service Geologists on a collaborative cave survey for the presence of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in wintering bats. Our survey for that day focused on the Lick Creek Cave system...
Copper Canyon - Lincoln Ranger District - Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest I recently joined our Wildlife Crew on the Lincoln Ranger District of the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest who were performing carnivore tracking surveys in Copper Canyon by Lincoln, Montana. We were trying...
