Rocky Keller, an independent contractor working under Weyerhaeuser on the Lake Five project, is seen in his truck before hauling a load of timber on March 9, 2023. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake)
March 26, 2023
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Timber management project aims to mimic natural process
Forests regenerate on their own naturally, sometimes through wildfire. In 1929, the Half Moon fire burned more than 100,000 acres in the Flathead Valley and Glacier National Park, leaving the woods around Coram and Lake Five scorched black.