Grizzly

Gallatin National Forest
The two million acre Gallatin National Forest is rich in wildlife, scenic alpine vistas and rugged wildlands. The Yellowstone, Gallatin and Madison rivers, renowned for their blue ribbon trout, flow though the heart of the forest. Yellowstone’s fault lines also run right through the forest’s Rocky Mountains.

Gallatin’s densely wooded valleys, rugged peaks that reach altitudes of nearly 10,000 feet, stratified volcanic and metamorphic rock and alpine meadows provide prime habitat for more than 300 wildlife species, including several threatened and endangered species such as the grizzly bear, the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon.

The Gallatin Petrified Forest is another fascinating feature of this national forest. Many of its stone “trees,” between 35 and 55 million years old, were petrified in an upright position.
While approximately 75 percent of this national forest is roadless, Gallatin contains more than 135 miles of snowmobile trails. The Gallatin National Forest is currently preparing to revisit its forest plan, which contains proposals allowing the motorized use of hiking trails, a great threat to the forest’s fish and wildlife populations.

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