Dear Supporter,

Please help us fully protect Mt. Jefferson with wilderness designation! Deadline is nearing for comments on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest Plan; tell the supervisor you want all of Mt. Jefferson's 4,200 acres protected.

The 3.3-million-acres Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is a critical part of southwest Montana's roadless country and Mt. Jefferson is its crown jewel. This week is your last chance to tell the Forest Service you want the forest's 1.7 million acres of roadless areas saved from oil and gas development and Mt. Jefferson fully protected under wilderness designation.

The Beaverhead-Deerlodge features 18 mountain ranges and is home for grizzly bear, elk, moose, deer, wolves, wolverine, mountain goat and many other species. High mountain snowpacks feed such world-class fly-fishing rivers such the Big Hole, Ruby, Jefferson, and Madison. The forest also connects Greater Yellowstone with the Selway-Bitterroot Ecosystem. The Centennial, Gravelly, Snowcrest and Lima-Tendoy mountain ranges are vital for wildlife migration and for grizzly bears and wolves that are re-occupying these areas.

In its recently released Revised Draft Forest Management Plan, the Forest Service has bowed to pressure from snowmobile interests and has proposed protecting only 2,100 acres on Mt. Jefferson. You can tell the Forest Service that isn't enough- but you must do so by April 30!

Contact Us:
gyc@greateryellowstone.org
Greater Yellowstone Coalition Membership
P.O. Box 1874
Bozeman, MT 59771

(406) 586-1593

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