Bitterroot forest project proposes saving the land by ‘chainsaw medicine’
Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest proposes the Bitterroot Front Project, which would encompass 144,000 acres. The Bitterroot Front Project, the agency says, will promote “forest restoration” and reduce tree mortality from disease, insects, and fires. The way to accomplish these goals is through chainsaw medicine. The agency implies fewer trees are killed by wildfire or insects in […]