Kootenai Forest Land Acquisition Conserves Key Cabinet Mountain Access, Griz Habitat

Kootenai Forest Land Acquisition Conserves Key Cabinet Mountain Access, Griz Habitat

A collaboration between the Kootenai National Forest, private landowners and a nonprofit conservation partner will provide new public recreation access to the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in northwest Montana while conserving critical habitat in one of the smallest grizzly bear recovery zones in the lower 48. Located near Troy, the 160-acre Falls Creek Project — so named for its proximity to Falls Creek and Savage Lake on the Kootenai National F…