Proposed expansion 'symptomatic' of what is happening across the west

By Gwyneth Hyndman

The proposed expansion of Holland Lake Lodge by a Utah-based company - and the proposal’s subsequent denial by the Flathead National Forest before Thanksgiving - is a process that is being watched across the country, a long-time journalist and author said this month, following the Flathead National Forest’s direction to POWDR that a new master plan must be drawn up to move forward.

“What’s happening in Holland Lake with a private company seeking to expand on public land is something that is happening across the west,” said Todd Wilkinson, a Bozeman-based writer who has cover...