Legals for August, 12 2020

LEGAL NOTICE Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on a proposal to transfer pure Westslope Cutthroat Trout from populations threatened by hybridization into fishless streams above natural waterfall barriers in order to preserve local genetics and increase secured habitat of this species. Over the next five years, FWP would transfer up to 1,500 Westslope Cutthroat Trout from three donor populations into three fishless streams within the Thompson River drainage. A copy of the draft environmental assessment is available at the FWP office, 490 N. Meridian Rd., Kalispell; Montana State Library, 1515 E 6th Ave., Helena; FWP State Headquarters, 1420 E 6th Ave., Helena; and the FWP website at http://fwp.mt.gov/news/publicNotices/. FWP asks that comments on this draft environmental assessment be submitted to either of the following addresses by 5:00 pm on September 4, 2020: Jason Blakney, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks 5427 Highway 200 Thompson Falls, MT 59873; or via email (jblakney@mt.gov). Published in the Clark Fork Valley Press on August 12, 2020. MNAXLP