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CREATING AND LEVERAGING PUBLIC RECREATION PARTNERSHIPS Bruce Bugbee, president, American Lands, nwha february 18, 2014. APLE@APLECO.COM. PROJECT SETTING. FERC License 2188 : U pper Missouri River and Madison River, Montana

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  1. CREATING AND LEVERAGING PUBLIC RECREATION PARTNERSHIPS Bruce Bugbee, president, American Lands, nwhafebruary 18, 2014 APLE@APLECO.COM

  2. PROJECT SETTING FERC License 2188: Upper Missouri River and Madison River, Montana 9 dams, 8 with generating facilities producing 304 MW, 324 river miles

  3. MISSOURI MADISON RIVER FUND OPERATING ASSUMPTIONS: THE NEED • Shared responsibility • Avoid sole source solutions • Introduce and maintain a public support threshold test for each project’s approval • Leverage total public benefits

  4. MISSOURI MADISON RIVER FUND:WHAT IS IT? • The license-directed means of identifying and funding continuing recreation needs in the Missouri-Madison river corridor. • The fund is an independent tax-exempt non-profit corporation advised by a recreation plan • It has an eleven member board of directors (BLM, FS, MDFWP, Licensee, six counties, and one public member) • PPLM provides staff support to MMRF, recreation planning, annual counter surveys, recreation user surveys, and annual O&M

  5. Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center Partnership project with Lewis & Clark National Forest, City of Great Falls, Cascade County, PPLM and private sources Completed in 2000

  6. Funding Licensee challenged its partners to share the costs of the initial projects. If: • PPLM contributed $5.4 million for new sites, • Public agencies contributed $5.1 million, then • After five years, PPLM would place $5.1 million in a recreation project revolving fund, plus • After six years, PPLM would match new partner contributions 100% for qualified expenditures on reservoir recreation sites and 25% on river sites, up to the amount of income earned by the revolving fund.

  7. How has it worked? • MMRF board meets annually to award grants beginning in 2006 for projects implemented in 2007 • Partners meet 2X per year to propose, rank projects and recommend projects to the board • Annual counter surveys and manager surveys, and recreation user surveys every 6 years advise new proposals and plan updates

  8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEGoqoMOo2A • http://thetrail.org

  9. http://www.missourimadison.com/ American Lands * 125 Bank Street, #610 Missoula, Montana 59802 * ( 406) 728-4176 APLE@APLECO.COM

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