Forest Service offers public land for private opportunities

SEELEY LAKE - While Forest Service land is open to the public, businesses and other organizations have opportunities to lease or hold events on federal land that may require a fee for use.

Kate Jerman, Lolo National Forest public affairs officer, said in an email that federal regulation allows the Forest Service to issue authorizations for use and occupancy of National Forest Lands.

“An objective of recreation management for the Forest Service is to identify, analyze and monitor the changing demographic composition of the country and regional market areas,” she wrote. “Private entities, outfit...