Latest Library Content tagged with "Rocky Mountain Front"

The Economics of the War on Weeds on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front PDF

Weeds cost Montana economically by reducing farm and ranch productivity, degrading water quality, depressing wildlife numbers, and threatening outdoor recreation. Fighting the war on weeds on the Rocky Mountain Front (RMF) is also costly, but how costly, and are we spending enough to effectively manage the problem? To answer these questions, The Wilderness Society conducted a phone survey of RMF land managers.

Roadless Area Conservation Along Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front: Are We Losing Ground? PDF

The Rocky Mountain Ranger District on the Lewis and Clark National Forest is a biologically rich landscape that harbors a vast array of important vegetative types and wildlife species — from raptors and songbirds to carnivores such as the grizzly bear, gray wolf, wolverine, and lynx. Free of roads and motorized trails in designated Wilderness and other large core areas, the District exhibits an extraordinary wild nature that nurtures viable populations of wide-ranging wildlife species.