Coming off the election debate, it may seem public lands in Montana will become a disappearing commodity in the future.
But the Bureau of Land Management is quietly putting together deals that represent a significant increase of public land ownership in the Blackfoot watershed. That’s expected to improve not only recreation opportunities but also beef up wildlife habitat and conservation efforts.
The new announcement of more than 3,000 acres of land within the Gold Creek/Twin Creek areas of the Lower Blackfoot is actually just the first major addition to come…