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Alberta and British Columbia are north and Glacier National Park about 15 miles to the east. Were in the major part of Kootenai and the Flathead National Forests and near Montana's Wilderness. Idaho is 75 miles West. Wild life, deer, elk, moose, grizzly, wolves and lions all cross this highway and Stillwater river to get on with their migration about Northwest Montana. We are the closest forested land against the highway. We removed the fences for wildlife, it makes it safety as they dart across highway 93 on the fly into the forest. I think since the wolves have become so numerous the deer and elk have moved close into the residents to avoid them . I have never seen so many Deer, Elk, Moose, Bear, and Cougar in this area in my life here. I haven't seen a Wolf or Grizz here but my sister has, Note in all the 60’s, I seen two eagles...today I can count 7 a day here, at this place? |
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Stillwater River to cross here The fields, neighbors land & River Bottom |
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Timber is several feet from the highway notice it thru the trees center pictures. |
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Land farther up the hill kept clean, probably not a good thing? pictured far right is planted wind rows for wild life to pass through so they can get to the river and onward into the wilderness. |
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Above is the 960 acres of land, its Flathead National Forest. We want to save this brushy forest to protect the natural migration and bedding areas. The brush detours most hunters. The 960 acres are surrounded with suburban sprawl, logging, sportsman, bikers, hunters, farms, or ranches. We need to work something out with the department of agriculture, state of Montana, highway department, state and federal wildlife agencies at the same time were concerned with Forests from fire. We could allow fire road easement through our lands from highway into this if we can work together. |
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Proposing a Salish Mountain Wildlife Corridor There's two places you cant see natural wildlife activity in this area, Round Meadows ski trails and now Beaver Lake Bike Trails ...keep up the good work.
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Crossing Area |
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Salish Mountains and Flathead National Forest |
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National Forests |
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This is the highway crossing...if they get to here from them Beaver Lake Hills they are at the Stillwater River bottoms, just the River and Farmer to Market Country Road and your in the Foothills to the Salish Mountains...This is why they use this narrow mountainous timbered canopy migration route. We decided to restore this field to natural habitat -trees. Notice the far Whitefish Mountain Range, looking Northeast. |
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Its being development on all sides now what's not being logged has homes, cabins, shops and business surrounding. this all natural 960 acres where the wild life is pushed in tight now . Maybe it’s the feed surrounding the parked out private lands and fields. But they cross this particular land then highway 93 to water and feed, nightly many are being killed. |
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Us on a Grizzly Bear Map |
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Looking west to Salish Mountains and Flathead National Forest. Montana's deepest natural lake is behind that far mountain 4 miles away Tally Lake, and beyond is Flathead — Kootenai and the Yaak forests. Glacier Park is 15 miles behind this position . |
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white is private land, homes & farms |
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This Grizzly recovery map we used, we are in or on the edge of all major Forests, wildlife habit, we are located in the last wild places in the lower 48, and we are in a funneling, migration route...and we are in the most valued scenic, living bedroom community, recreation, sportsman paradise in the US. And no end in site for the land pimps. |
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here land all subdivided and logged |
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Salish Mountains Wildlife Corridor
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Salish Mountains Wildlife Corridor |
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Above, The Valley surrounding Kalispell was the winter range for these Mountains be for heavy population engulfed it up.
Left is Forest Service map showing state land ( blue), National Forest (Green), Private (white) Pink I thought was Plum Creek ? But its subdivide anyway now. Click for enlargement |
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Right is Map I’m trying to show the mountains and the valley of suburbia that direct the funneling of the wildlife north to this narrowing of mountains at the north end of the Flathead Valley. From this yellow spot (our corridor) to Missoula is near 120 miles there is an animal bridge in a heavy populated Missoula area. The rest of the valley in Homes, Ranches, hobby farms, industrial and tourist attractions, chris crossed with roads, avenues, streets highways and many county roads.
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