TNC Close On Land Sale to National Forest in Blackfoot

[BigHornRam]

Been in the works for a while and is now official.

TNC adds big Blackfoot acreage to public

A 12,000-acre swath of forest between Bonner and Seeley Lake has moved into public ownership through a deal with the Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service.

missoulian.com

Picture # 3 in the article displays a map of the parcels in this sale for those interested.

 

[Sytes]

“Any time you can get rid of checkerboard and get it in contiguous management, it makes things easier,” Carver said.

 

[elkduds]

Thanks yet again, TNC. Proud to be a member of this effective habitat conservation group.

 

[Bowhunter999]

“Any time you can get rid of checkerboard and get it in contiguous management, it makes things easier,” Carver said.

Why is it that our older generation like Roosevelt had so much common sense, and our present politicians are clueless ?

 

[Deleted member 16014]

My dad and granddad logged in that area 50 years ago. Neat to see a larger scale project like this come together; so often they don't seem to come to fruition.

 

[BigHornRam]

A few pictures of what we bought.

 

[Bowhunter999]

A few pictures of what we bought.

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Thanks for the pics, certainly appears to be money well spent !

 

[BigHornRam]

Thanks for the pics, certainly appears to be money well spent !

Don't know what we paid for this purchase. Do know the land the BLM purchased just to the east sold for around $700 per acre, money well spent. The BLM has plans to buy more and may ultimately end up bordering these forest service lands just purchased. That would be a good consrvation deal IMO

 

[BuzzH]

Glad to see that all finalized...I've spent an hour or two in that country.

I see they mentioned Wisherd Ridge in that article, I'm sure the family it was named after is pretty happy about this as well.

Wendell was a pretty big advocate for the Blackfoot drainage...also about as good a person as you'd ever meet. Glad I knew him and got the chance to fish and hunt with him, I'm better for it.

 

[BigHornRam]

Couple more recent pictures I lifted from the Big Tree thread.


North slopes in this area are heavily timbered with larch, fir, spruce, and some pockets of cedar. South slopes are grassy and more open. Largest live bighorn ram I've ever seen was in this area of purchase. Quite a variety of big game animals occupy this area.

 

[Mtnhunter1]

Big thumbs up to this,,,great news.

 

[Trial153]

Good work

 

[Schaaf]

TNC does some pretty heavy lifting. This is awesome, thanks for sharing BHR.

 

[BigHornRam]

TNC does some pretty heavy lifting. This is awesome, thanks for sharing BHR.

Yes they do. TNC has sold much of this property for less than they bought it for. Sprayed weeds, replaced culverts, repaired roads, conducted fuel reduction and thinning projects, and more all while allowing the public to recreate on it.
Thank you TNC for what you do!