Draft Environmental Assessment Private Fish Pond Sundgren Ponds

A private landowner is applying for (3) Private Fish Pond Licenses and proposes to stock brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout or westslope cutthroat trout in an unnamed private pond. The ponds are located near Scotch Coulee in the Marias River drainage.  It sits north of Little Sage Rd roughly 3.8 miles east of East Butte in the Sweet Grass Hills in Liberty County. It is 13 miles southeast of Whitlash, MT and 24 miles North of Chester, MT.  The ponds have residual Rainbow trout in it from a previous private pond permit. The ponds are fed by spring and ground water along with overland snow melt. Most trout species are not native to this area.  Westslope cutthroat trout are native to MT, but conservation populations are not present in drainage, presenting no adverse genetic effects with wild fish. The permit is sponsored by the private landowner and the license would be active for a period of 10 years from the year of issuance (2024). The license can be renewed for additional 10-year intervals at the end of each term and the license is transferable.

 

Related Documents

• Draft Environmental Assessment Private Fish Pond Sundgren Pond 1 FWP-CEA-FSH-R4-24-031 (PDF)
• Draft Environmental Assessment Private Fish Pond Sundgren Pond 2 FWP-CEA-FSH-R4-24-032 (PDF)
• Draft Environmental Assessment Private Fish Pond Sundgren Pond 3 FWP-CEA-FSH-R4-24-033 (PDF) 

 

Public Comment Opportunity

Deadline: Comments must be received by 5 p.m. on August 29, 2024

Email comments to:  kvivian@mt.gov

Mail comments to: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Attn: Katie Vivian, PO Box 1398, Choteau, MT 59422