Thinning project expected in Ray Kuhns Wildlife Managment Area this summer
Managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks the Ray Kuhns Wildlife Management Area is located off Farm-to-Market Road between Kalispell and Whitefish (Daniel McKay/Whitefish Pilot FILE)
State wildlife officials plan to reduce fuels on over 350 acres of forest in the Ray Kuhns Wildlife Management Area over the next two years.
According to an environmental assessment released by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, a combination of commercial and non-commercial thinning, prescribed burning, grass seeding and noxious weed control will be implemented throughout much of the management area’s eastern parcel beginning July 15. Officials say the treatments are necessary to combat the negative impacts of increasingly overcrowded forest conditions.
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