'^p FWS established a statewide qoal of 40,000 acres in fee and 6,000 acres in 

 easement to be acauired by 1976. In the early i970's, the Fl.'S reestabl i sned 

 fee goals of 5,000 acres for Flathead County, 10,000 acres for Lake County, and 

 47,070 acres for the State. 



In 1970, Governor Anderson aporoved a limit of 5,000 acres to be purchased in 

 fee in Flathead County with each tract to be reviewed by the Director of 

 Montana Deoartment of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MDFWP) . In 1976, Governor 

 Judqe aooroved an unlimited easement orogram for Flathead and Lake Counties, 

 and a 2,000 acre fee oroqram in Lake County. Governor Judge also aooroved a 

 larger fee orogram in Flathead County not to exceed 7,500 acres. In 1980, 

 Governor Judge increased Lake County fee acres to 3,000. Appendix 1 lists 

 present goals and approvals for Montana. 



Bonneville Power Administration 



In 1980, Congress passed the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and 

 Conservation Act which accomplished two important actions: 



1. It placed fish and wildlife resources on a more equal footing with 

 hydroelectric development, and 



2. It called for protection, mitigation, and enhancement of fish and wildlife 

 resources in the Columbia River drainage. 



The act created the Northwest Power Planning Council (NPPC). The council's 

 first task was to develop a fish and wildlife program for mitigation, 

 protection, and enhancement. In August 1985, the MDFV^P completed a revised 

 plan entitled Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat Mitigation Plan for Hungry Horse 

 Hydroelectric Project . The plan was submitted to NPPC for approval and 

 identified acquisition or habitat improvement on 12,250 acres. 



The original mitigation goal for waterfowl was 1,508 acres which has been 

 reduced to 1,146 acres. An additional 4,326 acres of waterfowl mitigation 

 could be required for Libby Dam mitigation. There also may be up to 5,000 

 acres for waterfowl required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as 

 mitigation for Kerr Dam. In total, up to 10,472 acres could be required for 

 waterfowl and wetland mitigation, primarily in Flathead and Lake Counties. 



To date, 3PA has not acquired any land but expects to have funding in 1987. 



