Winter habitat values for elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer may be threatened across the 

 whole of the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area (BCWMA) if key property inholdings 

 owned by Plum Creek Timber Company were eventually sold, subdivided and developed. 



The generation of revenues from timber harvest and leased rights may be restricted on newly- 

 acquired DNRC lands within the BCWMA, diminishing overall returns for the state trust 

 beneficiaries. 



Natural or cultural resources, public recreational values, leased rights or coincident amenities 

 may be diminished if DNRC lands located outside of the BCWMA were transferred into Plum 

 Creek ownership. 



ALTERNATIVES 



In addition to the Preferred Alternative (Alternative D), this DEIS describes and analyzes a "No 

 Action" Alternative (A) and two additional action alternatives (Alternatives B and C). Alternative 

 D was described previously under the heading of Proposed Action . A summary of all 

 alternatives is presented in Table 1 below. 



Table 1 . Overview of each alternative 



ALTERNATIVE A— NO ACTION 



Land Ownership 



The "No Action" alternative does not 

 include any of the land exchanges or the 

 Cooperative Management Agreement. 

 Plum Creek and DNRC would continue 

 to own blocks of key winter habitats for 

 migratory elk and mule deer, and FWP 

 would own and control the management 

 of spring-fall habitat on the old Dreyer 

 Ranch property in the BCWMA. DNRC 



would also retain ownership of 1 1 

 scattered tracts in Missoula and Powell 

 Counties, Montana. These parcels are 

 isolated, generally surrounded by 

 adjacent Plum Creek commercial 

 timberlands, and have limited public 

 access — all of which contribute to 

 increased management costs to DNRC. 



Management in tlie BCWMA 



Under this alternative, FWP would 

 continue to hold limited control over the 



BCWMA Land Exchanges Draft Environmental Impact Statement 



Executive Summary - 3 



