An aerial photo of timberland within the potential Montana Great Outdoors Conservation Project. (Photo courtesy of Chris Boyer, kestrelaerial.com.)
February 3, 2022
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Residents endorse state plans to add acreage to conservation easement
At a March 5 public meeting, long-time Happy’s Inn resident Mark Maskill praised the plan as a “common sense solution” to combat the subdivision and development of Montana forestlands.
State continues work to protect wild lands in Northwest Montana
The new easement would encompass forestlands in the Cabinet Mountains between Kalispell and Libby.
Land Board OKs 33,000-acre conservation easement in northwest Montana
The board amended the Green Diamond easement to allow for the development of subsurface minerals.
State Land Board OKs preliminary approval of local conservation easement
In a 3-2 vote on Oct. 21, the Montana Land Board voted in favor of a 33,000-acre conservation easement on timberlands near Kalispell and Libby, contingent on clarifying language around mineral rights.
Montana Land Board to vote on large conservation easement east of Libby
The first phase is in the Salish and Cabinet mountains between Kalispell and Libby.
New requirement for hunters at Flathead Ridge Ranch Block Management Area
Only one card per vehicle is required but each hunter’s name within the vehicle must be on the slip.
Large conservation easement proposed for northwest Montana
The deadline to comment on this proposal is May 15.
FWP hosting meetings in Libby for conservation easements
These meetings encompass lands under the following easements: Lazy Creek, Lost Trail, Kootenai valleys, Kootenai forestlands, Swan Valley and Thompson-Fisher. The combined easement acreage encompasses approximately 226,300 acres in the region.
Upcoming meetings to discuss FWP conservation easements in northwest Montana
All together, the combined easement acreage encompasses approximately 226,300 acres.
FWP seeks comment on environmental assessment for habitat conservation leases
Examples of conservation easements and land purchases currently in process are several timberland conservation easements in Northwest Montana.
Comments taken on easement for 114,000 acres of timberland
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials want feedback on a proposed conservation easement to protect nearly 114,000 acres of timberland near the Thompson Chain of Lakes.