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Overview Part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Custer Gallatin National Forest is found in south Montana next to the Wyoming border. Several separate ranger districts stretch all the way to southeast Montana and northwest South Dakota. Portions of the Lee … Continued
Overview Flathead National Forest lies just west of the continental divide and south of the Canadian border, right next to Glacier National Park. Kootenai National Forest, Lolo National Forest, and Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest also surround Flathead. Visitors can … Continued
Overview Kootenai National Forest is located in the extreme northwest corner of Montana and northeast Idaho. However, only 3% of its lands are located in Idaho. Kootenai is bordered to the south by Lolo National Forest and just east lays … Continued
Overview Lolo National Forest is located in western Montana, surrounding the city of Missoula. National Forests that border Lolo include: Bitterroot, Nez Perce-Clearwater, Kootenai, and Flathead National Forest. Located west of the continental divide, the Lolo National Forest is influenced … Continued
Overview The 1.6 million acre Bitterroot National Forest, in west central Montana and east central Idaho, is part of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Forest land begins above the foothills of the Bitterroot River Valley in two mountain ranges–the Bitterroot Mountains … Continued