North Fork Preservation Association » critical habitat http://www.gravel.org News and information about the NFPA and the North Fork of the Flathead River Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:06:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New, expanded critical habitat designation for bull trout proposed http://www.gravel.org/2010/02/06/new-expanded-critical-habitat-designation-for-bull-trout-proposed/ http://www.gravel.org/2010/02/06/new-expanded-critical-habitat-designation-for-bull-trout-proposed/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:09:49 +0000 nfpa http://www.gravel.org/?p=1041 The US Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a substantial increase to the critical habitat designation for Bull Trout throughout the Northwest. This includes drainages around Glacier Park such as the North Fork Flathead River. A post to the New West site yesterday has the story, including information on meetings and on public comment procedures . . .

On January 13th, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a new critical habitat designation for bull trout throughout the Northwest, including western Montana. The new draft — offering four-to-six times more protected waters than a previous proposal — includes 21,694 miles of stream habitat and 533,426 acres of reservoirs and lakes in Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Nevada.

Read the entire article . . .

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