Forest officials continue assessing wind-damaged areas
Kilbrennan Lake Road had several trees down across it outside of Troy. (Photo courtesy Eric Storkson)
Recent intense windstorms have swept across the Kootenai National Forest, leaving several areas, across all land ownerships, heavily impacted.
While wind events are a common and important disturbance dynamic for forest ecosystems, these recent events resulted in unprecedented levels of downed trees and woody debris across the forest.
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