While designated areas of the Madison and Jefferson Ranger Districts of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

 National Forest adhere to food storage orders, these areas lie outside the 17-county area covered by this 

 management plan. Therefore, no food storage orders exist on that portion of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 

 National Forest that occurs within the area covered by this management plan. 



Some Forests require contractors and their associated parties involved in activities within grizzly bear 

 habitat to comply with food storage guidelines and other contract specifications. The Idaho Panhandle 

 National Forest requires contractors to adhere to camping and human safety provisions. In the Kootenai 

 National Forest special use permit holders and users of the Bear Management Units (BMUs) where the 

 Rock Creek Mine is are required to adhere to mandatory food storage orders. Lolo, Flathead, Bitterroot 

 do as well. 



Most Forests are planning on incorporating food storage guidelines into their updated forest 

 management plans. 



Appendix Table C-1. Food Storage Orders and Guidelines on the National Forests. 



The major differences between National Forest orders in the various ecosystems are: 



1. Yellowstone orders allow for "attended camp" during the day, but require "storage" of food at 

 night. The NCDE order allows for "attended camp" during both day and night. 



2. The NCDE order includes distance measures (100 ft. day and 50 ft. night) and age requirement 

 (18 years) in order to meet the "attended camp" definition. Yellowstone orders include no 

 definitions attended camp. 



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