Montana Land Board adds more than 53K acres to conservation easement
An aerial photo of timberland within the potential Montana Great Outdoors Conservation Project. (Photo courtesy Chris Boyer, kestrelaerial.com)
State officials voted 4-1 to seal more than 53,000 acres of land in the Cabinet Mountains under the terms of a perpetual conservation easement during a Montana Land Board meeting Monday.
The Oct. 20 vote signaled the final hurdle in a years-long effort to transfer the development rights of more than 85,000 acres of forestland in Lincoln, Sanders and Flathead counties from Green Diamond Resource Company to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.