BLM Montana expands public access in Lower Blackfoot River Watershed
(WorldNews Environment)

(MISSOULA, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management`s Missoula Field Office today expanded public access by acquiring 7,268 acres of land. Using Sportsman`s Access funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the acquisition is helping stitch together what had been a patchwork of interspersed public and private land. The Belmont Creek acquisition, located 25 miles northeast of Missoula, is the first of several additions to public lands within the Lower Blackfoot River watershed which will take place over the coming months and years. The acquisition is the result of a collaborative effort...