BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT: "Sheepshead" land acquisition to protect wildlife in western Montana The Bonneville Power Administration is working with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to acquire a 160-acre property six miles north of St. Ignatius in Lake County and protect it in perpetuity. When the purchase is complete, the CSKT would own and manage the property for conservation purposes, and the United States government, through BPA, would hold a conservation easement to ensure the habitat on the property is protected. BPA would fund the acquisition of this property to partially mitigate for the construction and operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System which includes dams on the mainstem Columbia River. Information describing BPA's environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act is available at www.bpa.gov/efw/ Analysis/CategoricalExclusions/Pages/2021.aspx. A map and fact sheet that was mailed to local area landowners will be available on BPA's land acquisition announcements page here once the transaction closes: www.bpa. gov/efw/FishWildlife/Land/Pages/Land-Acquisition-Announcements.aspx. For more information, contact BPA Project Manager, Cecilia Brown, at 503-230-3462, or ckbrown@bpa.gov. You can also call the BPA Communications department toll-free at 800-622-4625. Please refer to the "Sheepshead" land acquisition. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT: "Sheepshead" land acquisition to protect wildlife in western Montana The Bonneville Power Administration is working with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to acquire a 160-acre property six miles north of St. Ignatius in Lake County and protect it in perpetuity. When the purchase is complete, the CSKT would own and manage the property for conservation purposes, and the United States government, through BPA, would hold a conservation easement to ensure the habitat on the property is protected. BPA would fund the acquisition of this property to partially mitigate for the construction and operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System which includes dams on the mainstem Columbia River. Information describing BPA's environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act is available at www.bpa.gov/efw/ Analysis/CategoricalExclusions/Pages/2021.aspx. A map and fact sheet that was mailed to local area landowners will be available on BPA's land acquisition announcements page here once the transaction closes: www.bpa. gov/efw/FishWildlife/Land/Pages/Land-Acquisition-Announcements.aspx. For more information, contact BPA Project Manager, Cecilia Brown, at 503-230-3462, or ckbrown@bpa.gov. You can also call the BPA Communications department toll-free at 800-622-4625. Please refer to the "Sheepshead" land acquisition.