The Stillwater State Forest is west of Whitefish. (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.