Flathead National Forest — Project Detail

Vegetation management project including commercial and non-commercial treatments to be more resilient to natural disturbances.

The main objective of this project is to reduce fuels in areas where wildfires on NFS lands threaten communities and assets and provide protection to communities and essential infrastructure from wildfire threats.

Vegetation management project, including commercial and non-commercial treatments, to promote stands that are resistant to insects, disease, and future wildfire; decrease fuel loading and tree densities; and produce forest products to contribute to economic sustainability of local economies.

Proposal includes commercial timber harvest, noncommercial treatments, and prescribed burning to reduce fuels, improve diversity, improve resilience to disturbances, and contribute to the local economy. Proposes system road development and maintenance, along with temporary road construction.

A project to improve the diversity and resilience of vegetative communities, remove and reduce fuels to promote a fire resilient forest and limit impacts to natural resources, and provide forest products to local economy.

In December of 2025, strong winds caused widespread damage in stands of mature timber across the Flathead National Forest. The Coal Banks Salvage project proposes treatments on approximately 228 acres of stands damaged during this wind event.

The Swan Lake Ranger District, Flathead National Forest is proposing a combination of vegetation treatments and prescribed fire to reduce fuel loading within the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and restore resilient forested stands beyond the WUI.

The Rad Reid Blowdown Salvage project proposes salvage treatments on approximately 512 acres of stands damaged during a wind event that occurred in December of 2025.

Reconstruct a portion of the existing wastewater treatment system that serves a loop of the Holland Lake Campground and associated RV dump station, and the Holland Lake Lodge.

Improvements to update campground infrastructure, improve visitor recreation experience, increase accessibility, and reduce resource damage. Project documents are available on Pinyon Public here: https://usfs-public.app.box.com/v/PinyonPublic/folder/366820681795

Site-specific proposal on the Flathead National Forest to address the changes the revised forest plan (2018) made pertaining to suitability of motorized over-snow vehicle use and recommended wilderness areas.

Preparation of a river management plan for the Flathead River Wild and Scenic River system. Project documents are available on Pinyon Public here: https://usfs-public.app.box.com/v/PinyonPublic/folder/158226776312

The primary purpose of this project is to improve the diversity and resilience of forest vegetative communities and associated wildlife habitat.