Logging project proposed in Hyalite-Cottonwood area south of Bozeman
NBC Montana
[{'start': '7.759', 'end': '12.480', 'text': 'A viewer reached out to us expressing'}, {'start': '9.920', 'end': '14.240', 'text': 'strong opposition to logging a project'}, {'start': '12.480', 'end': '16.640', 'text': 'outside Bosezeman near the South'}, {'start': '14.240', 'end': '18.800', 'text': 'Cottonwood Canyon. The US Forest Service'}, {'start': '16.640', 'end': '20.880', 'text': 'is proposing the project which spans the'}, {'start': '18.800', 'end': '22.880', 'text': 'area between Highlight Canyon Road and'}, {'start': '20.880', 'end': '24.560', 'text': 'South Cottonwood Trail and stretching'}, {'start': '22.880', 'end': '26.800', 'text': 'north of Highlight Reservoir to the'}, {'start': '24.560', 'end': '28.960', 'text': "forest boundary. NBC Montana's Michael"}, {'start': '26.800', 'end': '31.679', 'text': 'Santiso is working for you to get the'}, {'start': '28.960', 'end': '31.679', 'text': 'details of the'}, {'start': '33.160', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'project. Residents and wildlife call'}, {'start': '35.600', 'end': '39.600', 'text': 'this area of Bosezeman home. However, a'}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '40.879', 'text': 'proposed project from the US Forest'}, {'start': '39.600', 'end': '42.719', 'text': 'Service could affect the South'}, {'start': '40.879', 'end': '44.879', 'text': 'Cottonwood community. The project'}, {'start': '42.719', 'end': '46.960', 'text': 'focuses on reducing wildfire intensity'}, {'start': '44.879', 'end': '48.800', 'text': 'and severity through fuel management.'}, {'start': '46.960', 'end': '50.640', 'text': 'Kuster Gallatton National Forest wants'}, {'start': '48.800', 'end': '52.640', 'text': 'to reduce the amount by changing the'}, {'start': '50.640', 'end': '54.559', 'text': 'structure of live and dead fuels through'}, {'start': '52.640', 'end': '56.480', 'text': 'thinning and prescribed burns. The'}, {'start': '54.559', 'end': '58.719', 'text': 'document explains fuel treatments lower'}, {'start': '56.480', 'end': '61.120', 'text': 'the intensity of potential wildfire by'}, {'start': '58.719', 'end': '63.039', 'text': 'removing excess fuels. I spoke to an'}, {'start': '61.120', 'end': '65.119', 'text': 'ecologist who spent most of his adult'}, {'start': '63.039', 'end': '66.479', 'text': 'life in Montana. He believes logging and'}, {'start': '65.119', 'end': '69.439', 'text': 'prescribed burning could make the'}, {'start': '66.479', 'end': '72.040', 'text': 'problem worse. When you thin the forest'}, {'start': '69.439', 'end': '74.960', 'text': 'by logging, you open up the forest'}, {'start': '72.040', 'end': '77.280', 'text': 'canopy and more sunshine gets to the'}, {'start': '74.960', 'end': '80.159', 'text': 'forest floor. It dries the soils which'}, {'start': '77.280', 'end': '82.479', 'text': 'then dries out the trees uh which makes'}, {'start': '80.159', 'end': '84.080', 'text': 'them more susceptible to burning. Horer'}, {'start': '82.479', 'end': '86.080', 'text': 'also mentioned the wind as a major'}, {'start': '84.080', 'end': '87.920', 'text': 'factor in large fires by opening up the'}, {'start': '86.080', 'end': '89.920', 'text': 'forest canopy, making it easier for'}, {'start': '87.920', 'end': '91.840', 'text': 'fires to spread. Prescribed burns lead'}, {'start': '89.920', 'end': '93.439', 'text': 'to rapid regrowth of fine fuels like'}, {'start': '91.840', 'end': '95.680', 'text': 'grasses and shrubs, which are more'}, {'start': '93.439', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'susceptible to large fires. Lodgepole'}, {'start': '95.680', 'end': '99.840', 'text': 'pine trees surround the area and tend to'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '101.759', 'text': 'burn approximately every 100 years.'}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '103.840', 'text': 'Worner believes the Forest Services'}, {'start': '101.759', 'end': '105.759', 'text': 'focus on logging is driven by political'}, {'start': '103.840', 'end': '107.920', 'text': 'pressure and a desire to protect homes'}, {'start': '105.759', 'end': '109.439', 'text': 'in fireprone areas. He suggests'}, {'start': '107.920', 'end': '111.600', 'text': 'homeowners take measures like installing'}, {'start': '109.439', 'end': '113.200', 'text': 'a metal roof and clearing vegetation'}, {'start': '111.600', 'end': '115.479', 'text': 'will be more effective at protecting'}, {'start': '113.200', 'end': '117.680', 'text': 'homes rather than'}, {'start': '115.479', 'end': '119.280', 'text': 'logging. I reached out to the Bosezeman'}, {'start': '117.680', 'end': '121.040', 'text': 'Ranger District for comment on the'}, {'start': '119.280', 'end': '122.719', 'text': "proposed project, but I didn't get a"}, {'start': '121.040', 'end': '125.040', 'text': 'response. Right now, the scoping period'}, {'start': '122.719', 'end': '126.479', 'text': 'of the project is ongoing until May 8th.'}, {'start': '125.040', 'end': '128.239', 'text': 'If you have questions about the project'}, {'start': '126.479', 'end': '131.360', 'text': 'or would like to review it, find my'}, {'start': '128.239', 'end': '134.640', 'text': 'article at NBC Montana.com in Bosezeman.'}, {'start': '131.360', 'end': '136.160', 'text': 'Michael Santasoy, NBC Montana. 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