A fantastic shot of the Beartooths is at the link.
Snowpack on the upper Yellowstone, which includes Billings, is at 155 percent of normal. Last week, it was at 144 percent of normal. That doesn’t mean there is more snow, although the higher elevations have been getting some in the wet, cool weather; it just means that snow is melting slower than it normally does.
Restrictions differ for each ranger district, but generally prohibit campfires and stove fires except within constructed Forest Service fireplaces in designated campgrounds or picnic areas.
Forest officials had argued existing road-density rules - intended to protect grizzlies - did not apply to snowmobiles. But U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, in a May 28 ruling, agreed with environmentalists that the road rules should, in fact, cover snowmobile use as well.
A judge has spared a Nevada woman prison time but ordered her to pay a $100,000 fine for hiring a company to chop down three large trees on national forest land to improve her home’s view of Lake Tahoe.
WASHINGTON - Legislation by Rep. Jim Oberstar calls for the U.S. Forest service to sell 6,700 acres of land in the Superior National Forest to the PolyMet Mining Corp. — without an environmental assessment or public input.
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Friday blocked a global warming bill that would have required major reductions in greenhouse gases, after a bitter debate over its economic costs and whether it would substantially raise gasoline and other energy prices.
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