More about Gallatin Range: Get Involved! How you can help Wilderness Notebooks: Lewis and Clark, in their own words

To the north of Yellowstone National Park lies the Gallatin Range, which provides invaluable habitat for grizzly bear, lynx, wolverine, elk and moose.

Off-road-vehicle use continues to degrade this wild place, but significant research was conducted in the summer of 2001 to identify and correct specific problems. Volunteers and staff, amred with GIS (global information systems) and cameras, traversed much of the Gallatin documenting abuse by ORVs.

Activists have also worked to prevent a local cement kiln from burning tires, which would affect the air in the Gallatins. And progress has been made on getting sanitation measures in local communities to protect grizzly bears from becoming food-habituated and accustomed to humans.

What you can do: Send your comments to the Forest Service on the proposed
travel plan for the Gallatin National Forest. Or come to our letter-writing party
on July 7 from 5-8 pm in the Weaver Room at the Emerson, 111 South Grand in
Bozeman, MT. Comment deadline is August 1, 2005. For more information contact Phil
Knight at pknight@wildrockies.org.

Photo: Palisade Falls, Gallatin Range, courtesy Wild Montana.