A University of Montana student uses a tool that measures the water content of soil during a Natural Resource Management course where the classroom is Lubrecht Experimental Forest.

Lubrecht Forest and Bandy Ranch

Lubrecht Forest

Directions from Missoula

  1. Proceed east on I-90 for approximately five miles and take Exit 109, the Bonner/Great Falls/Highway 200 Exit.
  2. Proceed east on Montana Highway 200 through Milltown and Bonner, Potomac at mile marker 16. Continue past mile marker 22 and the Garnet Range Road.
  3. Continue PAST the Garnet Range Road entrance for about 0.2 miles and look for the entrance sign to the Lubrecht Forest headquarters and Conference Center on the east (right) side of the highway.      
  4. A few hundred feet beyond the timbered arch entry way, the road forks at log cabin.
  5. Turn left to reach the Castles Forestry Center, the Lodge, and Apartments.
  6. Turn right to reach the cabins, dining hall, pavilion, and cross-country ski trailhead.

Bandy Ranch

Directions from Missoula

  1. Proceed east on I-90 for approximately five miles and take Exit 109, the Bonner/Great Falls/Highway 200 Exit.
  2. Proceed east on Montana Highway 200 through Milltown and Bonner, Potomac, Greenough, and Clearwater Junction.
  3. Between mile markers 37 and 38, turn left onto Woodworth Road at the Blackfoot-Clearwater Game Range sign.
  4. Proceed approximately 1 mile up Woodworth Road. The Bandy Ranch headquarters is on the left.