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Flathead National Forest

Forest Overview

2.3 million acres. Located in northwest Montana

The Flathead National Forest sports spectacular, rugged terrain and alpine lakes -- ideal for hiking, mountain climbing, and water skiing. Tucked into the northwest corner of Montana, this forest stretches over 2.3 million acres along the west side of the Continental Divide. Bordered by Canada, Glacier National Park, the Lewis and Clark, the Lolo, and the Kootenai National Forests, the Flathead offers isolated, natural wilderness.

The Need for Trees

When the 2007 Brush Creek and Skyland Fires added to existing damage from 2003 wildfires, a total of more than 322,000 acres was burned, destroying seed sources and critically harming wildlife habitat.

What We Are Doing

We are helping plant 345,000 Douglasfir, western white pine, western larch, lodgepole pine, and Englemann spruce to help restore wildlife habitat and protect the area watershed by lessening soil erosion and mass wasting -- the downward movement of soil and rock -- on steep mountainous terrain.