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Grizzly Bear Movements

Grizzly Bear Movements. Land Exchanges Conservation Easements Community Forest Bonds Community Forest Legislative Initiative Land Use Planning Land Acquisition. Tools considered and/or implemented in the Swan Valley. Swan Lands Coodinating Committee STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

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Grizzly Bear Movements

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  1. Grizzly Bear Movements

  2. Land Exchanges • Conservation Easements • Community Forest Bonds • Community Forest Legislative Initiative • Land Use Planning • Land Acquisition Tools considered and/or implemented in the Swan Valley

  3. Swan Lands Coodinating Committee STATEMENT OF PURPOSE • We are a diverse array of local, regional, state and national interests working together to maintain the rural and wild character of Montana’s Swan Valley. • Maintaining a working landscape • Conserving biological diversity • Providing appropriate public access • Protecting and restoring habitat connectivity • Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Plum Creek Timber Co., Montana Logging Association, Pyramid Mountain Lumber Co., Friends of the Wild Swan, Montana Land Reliance, Vital Ground Foundation, Trust for Public Land, The Nature Conservancy, Swan Ecosystem Center, Missoula County Commissioners, Lake County Commissioners, Friends of the Wild Swan, Montana Wilderness Association, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Flathead National Forest.

  4. Facts on NwC in 2009 Budget: $250K/yr Staff: 7 people, only two are full time Maureen Bookwalter and Adam Lieberg Main Projects in 2009: Plum Creek Lands/Montana Legacy Project (see above) FS Projects – Lead multiparty monitoring team on the F.S. Holland-Pierce Hazardous Fuels project. Hiring and training local residents for several widlife/habitat monitoring projects Identifying critical wildlife crossings on the highway Collecting grizzly hair for DNA project that tracks population trends Track surveys for rare carnivores Mapping restoration priorities for TNC, FS and MT DNRC Teaching field courses for university students from around the country Landscape and Livelihood – 8 week field semester through University of MT Wildlife in the West – 4 week field semester other shorter courses…. Swan Valley Bear Resources – a local response team to grizzly bear conflicts….lots of work right now to help local livestock owners build predator proof fencing….

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