Annual forester society meeting is April 13-14 in Whitefish

The Montana Society of American Foresters is holding its 2018 State Meeting — themed “Flames, Fuels, and Funding: The New Fire Triangle” — on Friday and Saturday, April 13-14, at Grouse Mountain Lodge in Whitefish. Friday’s presentation topics will include fuels management, federal wildfire funding reform and lessons learned from the 2017 fire season, a news release states. Saturday’s program will begin with a presentation of the history of wildfires in the Flathead National Forest, followed by a field trip to visit fuels management projects in the wildland urban interface and Whitefish Municipal Watershed.

Gov. Steve Bullock has been invited to speak during lunch on Friday, while dinner that evening will include awards and a presentation by Dr. Ron Wakimoto on wildfire in Bhutan.

For more information, contact Jared Richardson at 406-407-5447 or jared.richardson@weyerhaeuser.com.

To register, visit www.123signup.com/register?id=hvrst.

Hotel reservations can be made by contacting Grouse Mountain Lodge at 406-892-2525 or info@glacierparkinc.com. Refer to “Montana Society of American Foresters” to receive the group rate: $89/night for standard or golf view rooms, $129/night for corner suites, and $159/night for loft suites (taxes not included).