(KALISPELL, Mont.) The public is invited to attend Liaison Team meetings between Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and landowners for the Kootenai Valleys, Swan Valley, and Thompson and Fisher River conservation easements. Combined easement acreage is approximately 186,500 acres.
The meeting for the Swan Valley conservation easement north of Condon (16,500 acres) is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., October 16, 2017, at the Swan River State Forest office at Goat Creek, 34925 MT Highway 83, Swan Lake, MT.
The meeting for the Thompson and Fisher River conservation easement (142,000 acres) west of Kalispell is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., October 17, 2017, at the FWP Region One Headquarters at 490 North Meridian Road, Kalispell, MT.
The meeting for the Kootenai Valleys conservation easement (28,000 acres) near Troy is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., October 18, 2017, in the Ponderosa Room at Libby City Hall, 952 E. Spruce Street.
Meetings for the Haskill and Trumbull Creek conservation easements with F. H. Stoltze Land and Lumber Company will be on November 9, 2017. Times and locations will be announced in a separate news release later this fall.
Liaison Team meetings are required annually by the conservation easement and provide a forum for discussion of any issues that may arise with respect to public use, land use, access issues, conditions, or other unanticipated issues related to the conservation easement lands.
Please address questions or requests for additional information to Chris Hammond at chammond@mt.gov or 751-4582.
