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Protect Glacier National Park by Supporting Granite Moccasin Project

Jan 10, 2026

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We keep them honest. If everyone only comments through the government/agency site, we have to take their word on how many comments were received. By submitting through BRC, we create an independent record of our community’s response that can’t be buried or under-reported.

We protect your voice. If this fight ends up in court, having our own record of submitted comments means we don’t have to wait a year or more for a government agency to turn over documents. We can move quickly with proof that thousands of you spoke up.

We keep you in the loop. When you comment through our site, we can send you updates on what comes next. If you only use the government/agency site, you’re depending on them to tell you what happens next — and they won’t.

Double coverage matters. Even if you’ve already commented through the government/agency site, submitting through ours makes your voice count twice — once in their system, and once in ours. That way they know the OHV community is watching and tracking every move.

For years, BRC has been trusted to run action alerts like this. Thousands of members and supporters have used this system effectively to defend access to public lands. This isn’t about collecting your info — it’s about building the strongest, most transparent record possible to hold agencies accountable.

The Granite Moccasin Project is a vegetation management and fuels reduction proposal on the Flathead National Forest between West Glacier and Summit, Montana. The project area lies south of Glacier National Park and north of the Great Bear Wilderness, primarily within the Middle Fork Flathead River corridor. The overall project is approximately 67,536 acres. The Forest Service has proposed these treatments to reduce the risk of severe and catastrophic wildfire, improve forest health and resilience, and protect nearby communities, transportation infrastructure, and other values at risk due to dense forests and increasing fuels.

Granite Moccasin Map

2,364 acres would be subject to commercial timber harvest. Additional non-commercial treatments include approximately 283 acres of pre-commercial thinning, 214 acres of understory removal, and about 240 acres of prescribed burning. The project also includes whitebark pine restoration activities on approximately 2,043 acres. Treatments are intended to reduce ladder fuels and tree density, favor fire-resistant and disease-resistant species such as western larch and western white pine, and create forest conditions more resilient to wildfire, insects, and disease.

The project proposes construction of approximately 7.6 miles of new National Forest System roads that would be closed year round to the public to support management activities, along with the use of existing roads where possible. Road construction and vegetation treatments would occur in a landscape that includes inventoried roadless areas, recommended wilderness, and portions of the Middle Fork Flathead Wild and Scenic River corridor. This project is a great step in the right direction to active forest management. The new roads should be open to the public to use for recreational use. The Forest Service is using the emergency authorities authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture under
section 40807 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to move this proposal forward.

While this isn’t a formal comment period, the USFS has asked for feedback on this project through January 15, 2026.

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