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Forest Service moves forward with private land acquisition projects $40.6 million in 15 states by Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio April 9, 2012 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Forest Service will dedicate $40.6 million for 27 exceptional land acquisition projects in 15 states that will help safeguard clean water, provide recreational access, preserve wildlife habitat, enhance scenic vistas and protect historic and wilderness areas. None of the money coming to Montana will come to the Kootenai. Lolo and Flathead National Forests will get $2 million, and the Tenderfoot watershed in Central Montana Part I, Lewis and Clark National Forest will get $2 million. The money is made available through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, created by Congress in 1964 to provide funding to federal, state and local governments to purchase land, water and wetlands. The fund receives the majority of its money through royalty payments from offshore oil and gas revenues to mitigate the environmental impacts of those activities. Those funds also are augmented by additional money or in-kind services of a variety of partnerships. Lands are purchased from willing sellers at fair-market value or through partial or outright donations of property. Landowners may sell or donate easements on their property that restrict commercial development while keeping the land in private ownership. _____________________________ By Duane Williams, KLCB-KTNY Radio, www.todaysbestcountryonline.com e-mail: klcb@frontiernet.net.

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