Decision Notice Lost Trail Conservation Easement
Nov 19, 2020 12:00 AM
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) proposes the purchase of a conservation easement to protect approximately 7,256 acres of important timberland and wildlife habitat in northwestern Montana near Marion.
This single block of land shares nearly seven miles of border with the 7,876-acre U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and 4,093 acres of Wetland Reserve Program easements held by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. It is also within the newly proposed USFWS Lost Trail Conservation Area. The proposed conservation area would authorize the USFWS to acquire up to 100,000 acres of conservation easements from willing sellers within the designated boundary. This project consists of the ridgetop and lands sloping down to Dahl Lake and the sensitive wetland areas of the refuge, so conservation of these lands would help protect the water quality so important to the migratory birds and other wildlife species using the Lost Trail NWR.
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Kris Tempel | Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks | 490 N Meridian Road, Kalispell, MT 59901 | (406) 249-7481 | ktempel@mt.gov