Comments submitted by Swan View Coalition and Friends of the Wild Swan lay out the scientific basis for restoring fish and wildlife habitat in the Swan Valley by removing roads, not trees.
Read or download their letter and bibliography here.
Elk travel time [displacement] was highest during ATV exposure, followed by exposure to mountain biking, hiking, and horseback riding.
A comprehensive approach for managing human activities to meet elk objectives should include careful management of off-road recreational activities, particularly ATV riding and mountain biking, which caused the largest reductions in feeding time and increases in travel time.
By Keith Hammer
May 2005
A short history of the American Indians whose names still grace the lakes and mountains of the Swan Range. Weighing in at a sleek one-ounce and measuring 5.5" x 8.5", a perfect fit for your backpack!
Public Motorized Trespass and Administrative Activity on Closed Roads in the Upper Swan, Lower Swan, and Noisy Face Geographic Units
Swan_2004_Rd_Closure_Report.pdf
Swan_2004_Rd_Closure_chart.pdf
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Roads Threaten Bull Trout on the Bitterroot, Flathead and Lolo National Forests
Watersheds_at_risk_SumTable.pdf
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Roads Outnumber Streams in Developed Flathead Watersheds.
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Facilitating Physical Access also Extends the Snowmobiing Season, Resulting in Harm to Wildlife Security, Vegetation, Soils and Water
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From Swan View's News, Spring/Summer 2002 SVnews-SS-02.pdf
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Six photos and seven paragraphs demonstrating the choice between streambed restoration or streambead devastation
--by Keith Hammer.
From Swan View's News, Fall 2001 Fall-2001.pdf
"This station is going to be doing what we can to... get rid of these green bastards in our community... Identify the enemy and drive them into oblivion or obliviate [sic] them." That's John Stokes on March 2, threatening conservation-minded folks he calls "Green Nazis." Such hateful threats are not limited to his KGEZ 600 "The Edge" radio program, however.
This report will look at how hate and threats of violence are being used to try and stifle civil dialogue, democracy, and conservation initiatives. It will also look at how such tactics are doomed to fail as offended citizens rise to the occasion to defend these honored traditions of our country.
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