The Dutchman Creek project proposed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would be the latest effort in a sustained campaign to save pure-strain westslope cutthroat trout in the Elkhorn Mountains.
A critical issue not addressed is that the range is immediately adjacent to, and includes important habitats for wildlife in, the Elkhorn Wildlife Management Unit (EWMU).
With the partnership from five separate agencies, the US Forest Service (USFS) has now acquired 1,400 acres of land which will be used for public recreation as well as Wildlife Conservation.
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December 22, 2020
The Native Ecosystems Council and the Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a complaint in the District of Montana on Monday claiming that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) should not have authorized livestock grazing, wet meadow enclosures, fence construction and other livestock water modifications on public lands.
The plaintiffs claimed that the BLM breached the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) with its authorizations and analyses relating to livestock water within the Iron Mask Planning Area. The plaintiffs purported that the BLM’s actions authorizing and completing the rangeland projects without an environmental analysis was an illegal decision.