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Montana Land Board to vote on large conservation easement east of Libby
Nearly 33,000 acres west of Kalispell are slated for permanent protection under a conservation easement being considered by the Montana Land Board next week. The Land Board will either confirm or deny the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks proposal to purchase the first phase of the Montana Great Outdoors Conservation Easement project — 32,981 acres — from Green Diamond Resource Company. The Land Board meets Oct. 21 in Helena. The first phase is in the Salish and Cabinet mountains between Kalispell and Libby. The second phase, which project organizers hope to see secured next year, would bring the total for the...
Applications available for FWP’s Habitat Conservation Lease Program
HELENA – Beginning Oct. 15, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is accepting applications for its Habitat Conservation Lease Program.A habitat conservation lease is a voluntary, incentive-based agreement between FWP and private landowners in which the landowner commits to specific land management practices that protect priority wildlife habitat. In turn, FWP pays landowners a one-time per-acre fee for the lease. These agreements have a term length of 30 and 40 years. The lease program is in addition to the conservation tools already available to landowners. The focus of the Habitat Conservation Lease Program is primarily for prairie and wetland habitats, with a priority...
Montana Has the 4th Smallest Increase in Mortgage Interest Rates
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - The increase on mortgage interest rates in Montana is among the smallest in the nation, according to a report from the financial website WalletHub. I spoke with analyst Chip Lupo about the rather surprising good news for Montanans who are working hard to pay off...
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