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Proof of the power of science-based forestry

by Jim Petersen
| March 29, 2023 12:00 AM

John Bernard Leiberg was the first scientist to see the Lolo National Forest. Leiberg, a French-trained botanist, conducted a detailed resource inventory of what was then part of the 4.1 million acre the Bitterroot Reserve between June and October, 1898...

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