The North Seeley Project includes portions of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem grizzly bear recovery area where only patches of land larger than 2,500 acres can be considered secure grizzly habitat. Fish and Wildlife Service designated no secure habitat patch size for Zone 1. Get our free mobile appThe problem with the biological opinion for the North Seeley Project is that it refers to and depends on the 2023 biological opinion. The Forest Service said it would also decommission 149 miles of road, which would result in an increase in secure grizzly habitat. And since the Fish and Wildlife Service’s definition of secure habitat is being a third-of-a-mile away from roads, secure habitat can’t be established without knowing where roads are.