The Kootenai Forest Stakeholders Coalition (KFSC) is a broad coalition of groups, including timber, mining, motorized recreation, conservationists, elected officials and more. We work on various projects and plans for the Kootenai National Forest to ensure the projects are beneficial for everyone.

We serve as a sounding board for the forest service and do not initiate projects, the Forest Service brings projects to us.

To date the Stakeholders have endorsed five fuel-reduction projects and helped negotiated a sixth. The work covers some 7,000 acres in the Wildland-Urban Interface; Meadows, Green Mountain, West Elk, Kootenai River North, Camp 32, and Obermayer. These projects will produce over 16 mbf of wood products. The Stakeholders voted with a “Consensus without Reservation” recommendation on every endorsement. That certainly says something.


Our Mission
To demonstrate the ability of a diverse group of stakeholders to define common ground by implementing projects on natural resource issues, including community protection, forest and watershed restoration, public safety, forest health and community economic vitality.