The U.S. Forest Service focuses restoration efforts focusing on water, soil and trees, and using fire as a tool to try and reduce risks of bigger fires. It’s a job that requires a lot of tools, ...

The Forest Service is taking a team approach to restoring a fire lookout on a peak overlooking the Clark Fork River. Although many helping hands are involved, the heavy lifting was done last week by a ...

For more on the Independence Pass Foundation or to volunteer, visit http://www.independencepass.org. For the first time in more than 50 years, a trip to Mountain Boy ...

You know, we’re enjoying summer right now, and to this old High Sierra packer, that means it’s time for mules. Naturally, there is no one time for mules, but pack station veterans, such as this one, ...

During the spring, summer, and fall, Forest Service mules work packing culverts, tools, and supplies into the backcountry under the supervision of their human handlers. It’s hard work. ”(They’re) ...

HUSON, Mont. — Last winter, NBC Montana brought you a story of the Ninemile Remount Depot's mules and horses that clear trails in our wilderness areas, From November to May, the animals rest up at the ...

There were three options: Use human labor to hike in lumber to repair a bridge along the Gore Range Trail, use mules to hike it in, or don't repair the bridge at all. Thankfully (for the trail teams) ...

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