Lolo NF approves modified logging project west of Missoula

The Lolo National Forest is moving ahead with a logging, forest thinning and prescribed burning project west of Missoula after responding to environmental groups’ concerns. The Sawmill-Petty Project includes 5,321 acres of logging — including 1,342 of clear-cut — and 11,558 acres of thinning and prescribed burning, sometimes in combination, for a total of 16,879 acres of work….