U.S. Forest Service announces emergency logging project over 5 million acres in Montana, Idaho

U.S. Forest Service announces emergency logging project over 5 million acres in Montana, Idaho

The United States Forest Service said that it will include more than 5 million of federal forest lands in an emergency order that will log forests with trees that were downed by powerful wind storms in December 2025 and earlier in 2026.

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USFS emergency logging project eyes 5M acres in Montana, Idaho

The notice, issued by the USFS Northern Regional office in Missoula, said that the “emergency salvage” effort is a response to the straight-line and high wind events in December 2025 and April 2026. Continue reading…

U.S. Forest Service announces emergency logging project over 5 million acres in Montana, Idaho - The Daily Chronicle

The U.S. Forest Service published an 8-page emergency plan that it says addresses catastrophic wind damage done to federal forest land after two weather emergencies, but environmental watchdog groups say it’s rushed and could result in millions of acres being used for commercial logging with an almost impossibly short public comment period. The project’s scoping document doesn’t disclose which parcels of federal forest land will be logged and tr…