Flathead-Lolo-
Bitterroot

CITIZEN TASK FORCE

Healthy Forests. Clean Water. Wild Places

Groups Release Longterm Plans for Lolo and Bitterroot National Forest

Western Montana-based organizations the Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force and the Friends of the Bitterroot today released The Lolo-Bitterroot Partnership, a vision for the future of the Lolo and Bitterroot National Forests.
Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force Long Term Plans

The two national forests are revising their Forest Plans, which will guide management activities for up to 30 years. The Lolo and Bitterroot National Forests contain nationally significant lands that are part of the largest remaining wildlands area in the lower 48 states retaining virtually all the species present at the time of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. They are also key connectivity areas linking the major blocks of wildlands in the Northern Rockies.

The goal is to have the Lolo-Bitterroot Partnership plan become one of the alternatives in the Forest Plan Revision process. Download the report (PDF).

Learn more: Citizens’ group proposes conservation-driven plan for western Montana forests, Missoula Current, 6/10/22

Endorsements of Lolo-Bitterroot Partnership Plan–Current through 6/15/22 (Download the PDF)

 

Download the Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force Public Comments on the Roadless Rule (PDF)

A very limited 30 day comment period has opened. Please send comments before September 21, 2026.

Send comments to: https://www.regulations.gov
Include Docket number FS–2025–0001

Task Force consultant Mike Bader’s recent opinion has been published in 10 newspapers across the region in Montana and Idaho. Its explains how this plan and other connected actions will cause environmental devastation.

Download The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse (PDF)

A New Vision for Grizzly Bear Recovery in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force New Vision for Grizzly Bear Recovery in the Northern Rocky Mountains

The Status of the Grizzly Bear and Conservation of Biological Diversity in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force Grizzly Bear and Biological Diversity in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Analysis of Road Density and Grizzly Bears in the Ninemile Demographic Connectivity Area west of Missoula

Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force Road Density and Grizzly Bear in the Ninemile Demographic Monitoring Area

Lolo National Forest Connecting Three Grizzly Recovery Areas Map

Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force Map Connecting Three Grizzly Recovery Areas

Grizzly Bear Denning Habitat and Demographic Connectivity in Northern Idaho and Western Montana Report

Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force Grizzly Bear Denning Habitat and Demographic Connectivity in Northern Idaho and Western Montana

Research that Task Force Funded is Published in Science Journal

Flathead Lolo Bitterroot Citizen Task Force Grizzly Bear Denning Habitat and Demographic Connectivity in Northern Idaho and Western Montana Northwestern Naturalist