Public comment sought on four proposed sage grouse stewardship fund projects

The Montana Sage Grouse Oversight Team (MSGOT) is soliciting public comment on four proposed uses of the Montana Sage Grouse Habitat Stewardship Fund to place conservation easements on private lands in important sage grouse habitats.

The Nature Conservancy seeks to enter into a permanent conservation easement with Julie Burke to conserve 2,596 acres of core sage grouse habitat in the South Phillips County Core Area about 35 miles south of Saco, Montana.

The Montana Land Reliance seeks to enter in a permanent conservation easement with Raths Livestock to conserve 11,230 acres of core sage grous...