Wildlife Security Standards based on extensive research and decades of application that have proven effective, are being discarded for a collaboratively designed alternative that is not supported by Best Available Science.
The 61,395 acre Tenmile-South Helena Project Area, along with the 32,669 acre Telegraph Project straddle the Continental Divide and extends all the way from Helena to the Forest Service boundary just east of Deerlodge. Within this 133 square mile area, 32,411 acres (more than 50 square miles) would be harvested or fuels arranged for burning.
The following PowerPoint Presentation, developed from materials provided in the Draft Environmental Impact Statements for these two projects has been prepared by the Helena Hunters & Anglers Association to make the case against exempting these 15-20 year long projects from big game standards for hiding cover, winter thermal cover, and fall security.
TSH Collaborative Wildlife Standards 3-3-2016
Comments on the Tenmile-South Helena Project are due by April 1, 2016. Go to http://www.fs.usda.gov/helena/ and click on “Land and Resource Management” then click on “Projects” to find the TSH project DEIS and information on how to comment in the Cover Letter.
