Logging is alright—but it’s all wrong for Ryan Mountain

Editor’s note: The following letter, written by longtime Boulder area resident Sam Samson, was submitted as a public comment to the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation regarding the department’s proposal to log 318 acres of state land atop Ryan Mountain, about 5.5 miles east-southeast of Boulder and directly west of Elkhorn Road. The proposed logging would harvest about 2.2 million board-feet of timber and would require construction of about 6.3 miles of road. The letter, dated Feb. 13, was addressed to DNRC Forester Devin Healy. 

Devin,

Thank you for taking time to explain the Ryan Mountain Scoping Project.