The Latest Montana Forest Legacy Proposal

[BigHornRam]

It's a big one.

Huge conservation easement in the works for SPP lands

Nearly 200,000 acres of timberlands stretching from Glacier National Park to the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness and down to the Selkirks and Idaho Panhandle have become available for permanent conservation through pending “working forest” conservation easements.

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[Sytes]

Great read! Thanks BHR for sharing.

TPL was instrumental with the Whitefish Watershed area w/ Weyerhaeuser, of recent (among others). Its great to learn of continued dialog with Southern Pine Plantation.

If a conservation easement is secured, it will be protected from future development while remaining in private hands so its timber can be actively managed for the long-term, thus securing wood-product jobs throughout Northwest Montana. The public will also be provided permanent access to the property for recreation and valuable wildlife habitats will be protected, as will several critical wildlife corridors.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Really happy to see SPP move forward with this, after so much uncertainty. I know DFWP & the Gov's office have been quietly working on this as well as TPL and others. Thanks for posting this, Paul!

 

[Ben Long]

keep momentum going

 

[JMG]

Wow! Win - Win for everyone. Hopefully, it happens.

 

[Mtnhunter1]

Early stag for sure but from what I hear, SPP has stuck to their original statements of being a timber/conservation entity and have been open to work with.

Time will tell.... and I'll send out a huge THANK YOU to all of the good folks working on this, it's a biggy!

 

[diamond hitch]

Beats the hell out of million dollar homes for Manhatton fugitives.