November 1, 2009 in Idaho

Wildlife, forest boosted

Funds buy easements north of Sandpoint
Betsy Z. Russell betsyr@spokesman.com, (866) 336-2854
 
Tags: conservation easement Forest Capital Partners Nature Conservancy

A key North Idaho wildlife migration corridor will be protected forever, along with timber harvesting and nonmotorized public access, under a project that was approved by Congress for $3.4 million in federal funding this week.

In the McArthur Lake area between Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry, the project approved under the federal Forest Legacy program will pay for 3,700 acres of permanent conservation easements on forest land owned by Forest Capital Partners. That means the land will never be developed.

“This is important to our community, as the owners of these lands have chosen to keep them as working forests,” …

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