Swan View Coalition Reports

Reports

"Case Closed: Public Motorized Trespass and Administrative Activity on Closed Roads in the Upper Swan, Lower Swan, and Noisy Face Geographic Units." This 2004 survey of Montana's Swan Valley finds most forest road closures are not effective at stopping motorized vehicles and that gates continue to be an ineffective substitute for physically reclaiming roads to secure fish and wildlife habitat. (124K pdf report, 108K pdf chart)

"Watersheds at Risk: Roads Threaten Bull Trout on the Bitterroot, Flathead and Lolo National Forests." A report summarizing baseline bull trout assessments conducted by and on the Bitterroot, Flathead and Lolo National Forests. (50K pdf)

"Watersheds at Risk Summary Table:" A one-page table summarizing the Watersheds at Risk report findings. (16K pdf)

"Off the Charts: Roads Outnumber Streams in Developed Flathead Watersheds." (39K pdf). "Excel Workbook companion to Off the Charts report." (44K Excel Woorbook).

Snowmobiling's Endless Winter: Facilitating Physical Access also Extends the Snowmobiing Season, Resulting in Harm to Wildlife Security, Vegetation, Soils and Water. (612K pdf)

Swan View's News, Spring/Summer 2002: "Reining in Snowmobiles and ORVS" (830K pdf)

"Road Decommissioning: Why Culverts are removed and How" (940k pdf). Six photos and seven paragraphs demonstrating the choice between streambed restoration or streambed devastation, by Keith Hammer.

"A History of Upper Mill Creek and Jessup Mill Pond," by Keith Hammer and Debbie Sanders. A short history of sawmills and other industry along Mill Creek in the Flathead Valley, including the town of Jessup.

Swan View's News, Fall 2001, (296k pdf). Contains a Special Report on Hate, Wise Use, and the Militia.

"Gate-Crashing: Road Closure Gates Cannot Effectively Eliminate Trespass." A 12-page report by Keith Hammer. February 2001. (144k pdf)

"Counting Culverts: An Assessment of Integrated Road and Culvert Management on the Flathead National Forest." A 14-page report by Keith Hammer. December 2000. (176k pdf)

"Text, Lies and Photographs." A one-page, poster-format photographic summary of Forest Service misrepresentations of the Bitterroot's historic ponderosa pine forests. (96k pdf)

"Road Obliteration: Benefits to the Watershed and Its Inhabitants." An article by Keith Hammer examining the benefits derived from obliterating roads already constructed in our National Forests. 1994.

"Ponderosa Poster Child." U. S. Forest Service Misrepresenting the Historic Condition of Western Forests and the Effects of Fire Suppression and Logging. An 8-page report by Keith Hammer. August 2000, revised December 2001. This report is available in pdf format (646k) and the photos it utilizes are also available individually in high-resolution jpeg format.

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