Provision of Funds to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game For Purchase of the Tall Pines PropertyCX(s) Applied: B1.25Date: 01/05/2011Location(s): Kootenai County, IdahoOffice(s): Bonneville Power Administration
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January 5, 2011
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CX(s) Applied: B1.25
Date: 01/05/2011
Location(s): Kootenai County, Idaho
Office(s): Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to fund the acquisition of the 203-acre Tall Pines property by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDF&G). BPA will be granted a perpetual conservation easement over the entire property as a condition of funding the acquisition. The property is being acquired because of its outstanding wetlands and upland forest natural resource values. The acquisition will provide an opportunity to enhance, restore, and manage high quality habitat for bird species such as turkey, grouse, woodpeckers, raptors, shorebirds, and song birds as well as other wildlife including elk, black bear, white-tailed deer, mountain lion, beaver, moose and Endangered Species Act-listed Canada lynx. This watershed was selected for restoration and preservation efforts because natural habitat is shrinking in the area, and development poses increasing risk that more habitat will be lost in the future.