BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: Saddle Mountain land acquisition to protect fish and wildlife in western Montana The Bonneville Power Administration is working with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to acquire a 40-acre property located about 3.75 miles northwest of Arlee in Lake County, Montana. When the purchase is complete, the CSKT would own and manage the property for fish and wildlife conservation purposes, and the U.S. government, through BPA, would hold a conservation easement to ensure permanent protection of the habitat on the property. BPA's funding of the property purchase would support conservation of Endangered Species Act-listed species considered in the 2020 ESA consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the operations and maintenance of the Columbia River System. It would also support ongoing efforts to mitigate for the effects of the Federal Columbia River Power System on fish and wildlife in the mainstem Columbia River and its tributaries pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980. Information describing BPA's environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act is available at www.bpa.gov/learn-and-participate/public- involvement-decisions/categorical-exclusions. A map and fact sheet mailed to local area landowners will be available to the public upon request once the transaction closes. For more information, call BPA project manager, Cecilia Brown, at 503-230-3462 or email ckbrown@bpa.gov. You can also call the BPA Communications department toll- free at 800-622-4519; please refer to the "Saddle Mountain" land acquisition. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT : Saddle Mountain land acquisition to protect fish and wildlife in western Montana The Bonneville Power Administration is working with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to acquire a 40 - acre property located about 3.75 miles northwest of Arlee in Lake County , Montana . When the purchase is complete , the CSKT would own and manage the property for fish and wildlife conservation purposes , and the U.S. government , through BPA , would hold a conservation easement to ensure permanent protection of the habitat on the property . BPA's funding of the property purchase would support conservation of Endangered Species Act - listed species considered in the 2020 ESA consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the operations and maintenance of the Columbia River System . It would also support ongoing efforts to mitigate for the effects of the Federal Columbia River Power System on fish and wildlife in the mainstem Columbia River and its tributaries pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 . Information describing BPA's environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act is available at www.bpa.gov/learn-and-participate/public involvement - decisions / categorical - exclusions . A map and fact sheet mailed to local area landowners will be available to the public upon request once the transaction closes . For more information , call BPA project manager , Cecilia Brown , at 503-230-3462 or email ckbrown@bpa.gov . You can also call the BPA Communications department toll free at 800-622-4519 ; please refer to the " Saddle Mountain " land acquisition .