Logging for Wildlife is a Destructive Fiction
January 17, 2023
by Steve Kelly
Clear in western Montana. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.
One of Montana’s most cherished wildlife management areas is on the chopping block. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks is now a full-on partner in the logging industry’s brutal war against Nature. FWP is proposing to liquidate (machine-log) approximately 1,500 acres of prime wildlife habitat on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area (BCWMA).
You heard that right, logging for wildlife. Logging to serve private capital is closer to the truth. Which sounds better, private capital or wildlife? Logging always sounds and looks better when shrouded in a disingenuous, prepackaged timber-industry narrative that creates confusion and indifference in the hunting community, and a real sense of pride and manliness in the governor’s office.
Steve Kelly is a an artist and environmental activist. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.
