Petition calls for change

SEELEY LAKE – A recent petition available at several businesses in downtown Seeley Lake asks the Lolo National Forest “to remove and replace the current ranger of the Seeley Lake Ranger District.” According to the petition’s author Seeley Lake resident Curtis Friede, the intent of the petition is twofold. First, it is to give members of the community a voice that he feels has been stifled. Second, it is to ask for change in leadership because the decisions made, including the management of the Rice Ridge fire and current closure of Big Larch Campground, have negatively affected recreation on t...