Gathered around a kiosk last week along Upper Whitefish Road in the Stillwater State Forest, a group of folks celebrated the completion of the Stillwater Forest Conservation Easement, which returned roughly 13,400 acres of forestland to state control. (Heidi Desch/Whitefish Pilot)
July 17, 2019
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July 17, 2019 2 a.m.
Conservation easement celebrated for returning 13,400 acres to Stillwater
Swaths of the state forestland west of Whitefish between 1915 and 1925 were sold, eventually coming to be owned by the Great Northern Railroad. Trees on the property were then logged to be used as railroad ties.