Commission and the State Land Board must approve any acquisition of land proposed by 

 the agency. This Environmental Assessment is part of the decision making process. 



III. LOCATION OF PROJECT and PHYSIOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS 



The proposed property is 2,565 acres located in the Judith River breaks, Fergus County, 

 12 miles northeast of Denton, Montana (see map Appendix I). The Judith River flows from 

 the southwest to the northeast across 3.6 miles of the property. Along the river are almost 

 1000 acres of bottom lands. The remaining acres are classified as river breaks. They 

 consist of steep-sided coulees with ridges and benches that drain into the bottoms. There 

 are 12 coulees that run water intermittently, in which there are 7 perennial springs. The 

 property's east boundary is a bluff, 200 feet high, which overlooks the river. 



Elevations range from 3,040 to 3,680 feet. Soils are generally deep well drained clay 

 loams. Annual precipitation ranges from 12 to 16 inches. The mean temperature is 44 

 degrees Fahrenheit. The average frost free period is 120 to 130 days. 



Legal description of the proposed project property: 



Countv: Fergus 



Township 19 North, Range 16 East: 



Section 27: SW1/4NE1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, SW1/4, part of SW1/4SE1/4 lying 

 westerly of a certain barrier known as a cutbank or rimrock 



Section 28 

 Section 33 

 Section 34 



S1/2SE1/4 



N1/2SE1/4, Lot 2, NE1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4 



NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, part of NW1/4NE1/4 lying westeriy 



of a certain barrier known as a cutbank or rimrock 



Township 18 North, Range 16 East: 



Section 3 

 Section 4 

 Section 5 

 Section 9 



Lot 4 



Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, S1/2N1/2, SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4 

 Lot 1, SE1/4NE1/4, SE1/4, E1/2SW1/4 , 



NW1/4NW1/4 ( 



Township 19 North, Range 16 East: 



Section 32 

 Section 33 

 Section 34 



Lots 1 and 2, N1/2S1/2, S1/2N1/2 



Lots 1, 2 and 4, N1/2SW1/4, S1/2NW1/4, NE1/4NW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4 



Lot 4 



Total Deeded = 2.565 acres 



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