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Conservation of four parcels along the South Fork has been accomplished with funding under the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), which funds acquisition of lands or interest in lands (e.g., easements or access rights) that are inholdings within certain Federally-designated areas or lands adjacent to such areas which also contain exceptional resources.

These acquisitions lie within the BLM Upper Snake/South Fork Snake River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC).  The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation complemented FLTFA funding for the Hamilton-Dry Canyon permanent conservation easement and BLM acquisition of the adjacent Lavorgna-Hendrix parcel.  The Teton Regional Land Trust and The Conservation Fund facilitated the transactions.

Hamilton-Dry Canyon | conservation easement
Lands conserved through a conservation easement granted to the BLM by Cletus and Sharon Hamilton

 

  • 720 acres
  • ensures public access to Snake River Rim trailhead
  • granted to the BLM by Cletus and Sharon Hamilton, Teton Regional Land Trust facilitated

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Lavorgna-Hendrix | fee acquisition
Moose wade in the South Fork as it flows through the Pine Creek Bench, with a beaver lodge visible along the bank.

 

  • 440 acres
  • cottonwood riverbottom
  • wildlife migration routes and habitat
  • acquired by the BLM from a willing landowner, The Conservation Fund facilitated
        +  landowner donation

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Merrill - Phase I | fee acquisition
Vee Slough, on a portion of the 102 acres of riverfront land acquired by the BLM from Ron and Hellen Merrill

 

  • 103 acres
  • together with easement granted in Phase II (below), conserves 2/3 mile of river frontage
  • Teton Regional Land Trust facilitated

Merrill - Phase II | conservation easement
some of the two-thirds-mile of frontage along the South Fork Snake River protected under a conservation easement granted to the BLM by Ron and Hellen Merrill

 

  • 298 acres
  • granted to the BLM by Ron and Hellen Merrill, Teton Regional Land Trust facilitated
  • with fee acquisition (see above), winter range for Yellowstone elk herd, blue heron rookery, largest bald eagle winter roost in the Greater Yellowstone, and habitat for Utah valvata snail (endangered)

 
Last updated: 11-21-2012