Tim Bumgarner, Libby district fuels specialist, talks about how when smaller trees closer to the ground catch fire they can ignite larger trees during forest fires, May 8 during a a field trip to the proposed Ripley Project area in Lincoln County. (Luke Hollister/The Western News)
June 25, 2019
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Project to help build forest health proposed
The U.S. Forest Service is working a forest improvement, thinning and treatment project in 2020 with a goal to reduce the threat of potential forest fires in Lincoln County. And now that plan is coming one step closer to implementation.