The U.S. Forest Service will take extra time to determine whether to allow motorized travel in the sacred Badger-Two Medicine area in Montana.

The agency plans to issue a travel plan next month for 392,000 acres of federal lands. But due to concerns raised by the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, the 130,000-acre Badger-Two Medicine area will be the subject of additional study.

Badger-Two Medicine is located on the southwestern edge of the Blackfeet Reservation. The tribe is offering to co-manage the land to enforce travel restrictions.

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Badger-Two Medicine to get own travel plan (The Great Falls Tribune 2/20)

Relevant Links:
Blackfeet Nation - http://www.blackfeetnation.com
Badger-Two Medicine, Sacred Lands Film Project - http://www.sacredland.org/endangered_sites_pages/
badger_two_medicine.html
Lewis & Clark National Forest - http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/lewisclark

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