HELENA – Montana lawmakers prodded federal officials Wednesday for facts and reasons explaining the closure of roads on public lands around the state.
Members of the Environmental Quality Council took their first look at data detailing road access at a quarterly meeting in Helena.
Information from the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service shows at least 1,000 miles of the roughly 32,000 miles of federally controlled roads in Montana are closed to cars, trucks and snowmobiles. Continue reading “Montana lawmakers press federal agencies to explain road closures”