Richard Private Pond License Review Draft Environmental Assessment Checklist FWP-CEA-FSH-R4-25-012

A private landowner is applying for a Private Fish Pond License and proposes to stock largemouth bass. FWP is required to review the potential impacts of issuing a Private Fish Pond License. The pond was originally permitted in 1996 for rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, and westslope cutthroat trout. The landowner is currently permitted to stock these species; however, a new permit is required to add largemouth bass to the species allowed to be stocked in this pond. The pond is located on an unnamed ephemeral tributary approximately 700-feet from Spring Coulee, which is a tributary of the Missouri River. Spring Coulee is an ephemeral stream and flows approximately 15 miles until it drains into the Missouri River, 5 miles upstream of Coalbanks Landing below Fort Benton. Largemouth bass are present in the Missouri River drainage.

 

Related Documents: 

• Richard Private Pond License Review Draft Environmental Assessment Checklist FWP-CEA-FSH-R4-25-012 (pdf)

 

Deadline: Comment period has been extended and comments must be received by 03/29/2025 at 5:00pm 

Email comments to:  dmadel2@mt.gov

Mail comments to: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

             Attn: Daniel Madel

             4600 Giant Springs Road 

             Great Falls, MT 59405