BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION Revais Westslope land acquisition to protect Montana fish and wildlife habitat The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) intends to fund the purchase of approximately 2.5 acres of forested riparian and upland habitat, located along Revais Creek in Sanders County. Montana. When the purchase is complete, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will own and manage the property for fish and wildlife conservation purposes. The United States will hold a conservation easement and third party rights of enforcement to ensure that the habitat values on the property are always protected The funding will be provided as part of BPA's ongoing efforts to protect, restore and enhance habitat for fish and wildlife. The acquisition would serve as partial mitigation for the construction and inundation of the Federal Columbia River Power System which includes dams on the main stem Columbia and Snake Rivers, including the Hungry Horse federal hydroelectric facility on the South Fork of the Flathead River. This land purchase would specifically satisfy some of Bonneville's mitigation commitments as identified in the 2008 Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion, as amended in 2010 and 2014, under the federal Endangered Species Act The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will develop a management plan to guide the protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife on the property. BPA will review the plan for consistency with the conservation purposes of the acquisition. A letter describing the proposed purchase, a map and information describing environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act are available at https://www bpa.gov/efw/Analysis/CategoricalExclusions/Pages/2019.aspx For more information, contact BPA project manager Cecilia Brown at 503-230-3460 or ckbrowm@bpa.gov. You can also call toll free 800-622-4519. Please refer to the Revais Westslope land acquisition BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION Revais Westslope land acquisition to protect Montana fish and wildlife habitat The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) intends to fund the purchase of approximately 2.5 acres of forested riparian and upland habitat, located along Revais Creek in Sanders County. Montana. When the purchase is complete, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will own and manage the property for fish and wildlife conservation purposes. The United States will hold a conservation easement and third party rights of enforcement to ensure that the habitat values on the property are always protected The funding will be provided as part of BPA's ongoing efforts to protect, restore and enhance habitat for fish and wildlife. The acquisition would serve as partial mitigation for the construction and inundation of the Federal Columbia River Power System which includes dams on the main stem Columbia and Snake Rivers, including the Hungry Horse federal hydroelectric facility on the South Fork of the Flathead River. This land purchase would specifically satisfy some of Bonneville's mitigation commitments as identified in the 2008 Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion, as amended in 2010 and 2014, under the federal Endangered Species Act The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes will develop a management plan to guide the protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife on the property. BPA will review the plan for consistency with the conservation purposes of the acquisition. A letter describing the proposed purchase, a map and information describing environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act are available at https://www bpa.gov/efw/Analysis/CategoricalExclusions/Pages/2019.aspx For more information, contact BPA project manager Cecilia Brown at 503-230-3460 or ckbrowm@bpa.gov. You can also call toll free 800-622-4519. Please refer to the Revais Westslope land acquisition