Inside the bureaucratic quandary that threatens Missoula’s iconic Brennan’s Wave — and how backers of a second downtown surf wave are learning from it.
Surfing Brennan’s Wave in the heart of Missoula is about more than just riding the wave — it’s about the community that grows around it with every person who takes the plunge.
After public outcry quashed a proposed expansion of the historic lodge in the Swan Valley, the Forest Service approved a permit for the new owners, who will “conduct the business in the same scope, intensity, size, scale, and footprint of the existing permit.”
