Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, and representatives from Utah and Idaho, recently received the Regional Forester’s Honor Award in Partnership from the U.S. Forest Service. USFS Regional Forester Tom Tidwell presented the award to FWP’s Habitat Bureau Chief Steve Knapp for success with the Forest Legacy program during a ceremony recently in Missoula. The federal Forest Legacy Program is a voluntary program that supports state efforts to protect nationally significant privately owned forest lands via conservation easements. Since 2003, Montana, Idaho and Utah combined to conserve more than 250,000 acres through the FLP, with more than 150,000 acres conserved in Montana. About 25 percent of the national FLP accomplishments occurred in Montana, Utah, and Idaho, where more forested acres are conserved than in any of the other 26 states involved in the program. Montana and Idaho require public access as part of all conservation easements acquired under the FLP, Knapp said.
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