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Scoping Notice Montana Great Outdoors Conservation Project

Feb 2, 2022 10:29 AM

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) may be preparing an Environmental Analysis on a proposal to purchase a conservation easement within Lincoln, Flathead, and Sanders counties, Montana.  FWP is working with The Trust for Public Land (TPL) and SPP Montana, LLC (SPP) and Green Diamond Resource Company (Green Diamond) on a proposed project to place approximately 113,951 acres of productive timberland in northwest Montana around the Thompson Chain of Lakes under conservation easement . The proposed conservation easement, to be held by FWP, would allow SPP and Green Diamond to retain ownership of these timberlands, preclude development, protect important wildlife habitat and key landscape connectivity, and provide public access and associated recreational opportunities. The U.S. Forest Service Forest Legacy Program, Habitat Montana, and grant funding raised by TPL would be likely funding sources if this proposal were to proceed to completion.


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Public Comments


Deadline: Written comments will be accepted until 5 p.m., March 4, 2022.

By mail:

Chris Hammond, Wildlife Mitigation Program Supervisor

Re: Proposed Conservation Easement
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
490 N. Meridian Road
Kalispell, MT 59901


Or email: Chris Hammond at CHammond@mt.gov 

Copies of this EA will be available for public review at FWP. If you have any questions regarding this project or the scoping notice, please contact Chris Hammond at CHammond@mt.gov or via phone: (406) 751-4595.