USFS has $100 million in projects ready to go

By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian

Montana's forests could play a part in putting America back to work, according to a group of timber and wilderness advocates.

The U.S. Forest Service has about $100 million in “shovel-ready” forest restoration projects on the shelf that could put loggers, scientists, heavy-equipment operators and other timber-related workers on the payroll, members of the Montana Forest Restoration Committee said.

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