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Flathead National Forest


46 Million-Year-Old Eocene World in a Forest

January 07, 2016 Michael A. Fracasso, US Forest Service

An intrepid fossil hunter on the U.S. Forest Service’s Flathead National Forest in northwest Montana doesn’t need to dig too deep to find exquisitely preserved fossil insects with traces of their original stomach contents. Amazing as this sounds you just need to visit rock outcrops of the Kishenehn...

Forestry

US Forest Service Harnesses Hydropower without Having to Build a Dam

March 30, 2012 Robert H. Westover, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Forest Service

The Spotted Bear Ranger Station at the Flathead National Forest in western Montana generates electricity using micro-hydropower. Like a traditional hydro dam, this small water system converts the energy of flowing water into electricity. When the water level of Addition Creek on the ranger station...

Energy Forestry
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