Seeley Lake: Diverse group gets behind forest vision
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Bob Ekey of the Wilderness Society said the project has followed the success of the Blackfoot Challenge, which brought folks from many walks of life together to manage their forestlands. If those partnerships can be replicated around Seeley Lake, they can convince Congress that the proposal's many parts have strong public support.
“The conservation community was a little wary of stewardship contracts at first,” Ekey said. “Now we think it's a good thing. This builds on a lot of history.”
About Ben Beach
A graduate of Harvard with a law degree from Catholic University, Ben worked for The Wilderness Society from May 1984 to November 2011, making him our longest-serving staff member. He edited Wilderness magazine and our newsletter. Ben was also... More about Ben Beach
