White Sandy Recreation Site to close for boat dock repair
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(BUTTE, Mont.) – The Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office will temporarily close White Sandy Recreation Site on Hauser Lake for the season in order to remove a troublesome piling at the end of one of the boat docks.
Starting Sept. 30, crews plan to permanently remove the second piling in the water that attaches to the courtesy dock at the agency’s recreation site.
When it was installed at the lake near Helena in 2005, the 8,000-pound piling did not sink deep enough because the bedrock was too shallow. Since then, the piling has started to move, leaning more and more each year, making the annual installation of the courtesy dock increasingly difficult.
The field office has decided to proactively maintain the public courtesy dock system by removing the piling in order for White Sandy to re-open by May 1, 2020.
For more information, contact the Butte Field Office at (406) 533-7600.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.