Land Acquisitions

Purchasing land is an effective way to protect habitat. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has a strong record of building strategic partnerships; acquiring land and managing it for the benefit of fish and wildlife populations impacted by the development of the FCRPS.

The following factsheets are a sample of the work that BPA is committed to doing throughout the Columbia Basin. These stories demonstrate how collaborative relationships have been developed to achieve lasting habitat protection and restoration. These projects result in measureable benefits for the fish and wildlife populations that depend on them and for the current and future generations that value the environmental stewardship BPA provides.

Land Acquisition Factsheets

2011

Idaho

• Mirror Lake land purchases would protect fish and wildlife habitat (January 2012)
• Upper Twin Rivers land purchases would protect fish and wildlife habitat (January 2012)
• Legacy Springs land purchase would protect wildlife habitat (November 2011)
• Pistol Creek land purchases would protect fish habitat (July 2011)
• BPA proposes habitat acquisition in Bingham County, ID (June 2011)

Oregon

• Land purchases in Columbia River estuary would protect habitat (December 2011)
• Land acquisition near Eugene would protect wildlife habitat (November 2011)
• Horseshoe Lake conservation easement will protect fish and wild (November 2011)

Montana

• Diamond B conservation easement would protect fish and wildlife (September 2011)
• Land acquisitions Lake County MT will protect fish (September 2011)
• Pistol Creek land purchases would protect fish habitat (July 2011)
• Thorne Creek land purchases would protect fish habitat (July 2011)
• Pistol Creek land purchases would protect fish habitat (July 2011)
• BPA proposes 167 acre land acquisition in Lake County, Montana (June 2011)

Washington

• Okanogan River land purchases would protect fish habitat (January 2012)
• Wolf Fork conservation easement would protect fish habitat (January 2012)
• Land conservation in the Columbia River Estuary will benefit fish (December 2011)
• Pistol Creek land purchases would protect fish habitat (July 2011)
• Naches River land purchase would protect fish habitat (July 2011)
• Proposed Ninemile Creek land purchase would protect fish habitat (March 2011)
• Proposed Beaver Creek land purchase would protect fish habitat (March 2011)
• Proposal to purchase land along the Methow River would protect fish habitat in Okanogan County (February 2011)
• Proposed acquisitions would protect threatened steelhead and bull trout in Kittitas County (January 2011)
• BPA proposes to fund salmon habitat protection in the Okanogan River watershed (January 2011)

2010

Idaho

• Acquiring the Tall Pines property near Hayden Lake, Idaho, would protect wildlife habitat (December 2010)
• BPA funds habitat acquisition in the Clark Fork River Delta (09/01/10) (2.5 MB pdf)
• BPA funds habitat acquisition along Priest River (09/01/10) (2.8 MB pdf)
• BPA funds habitat protection in Lemhi River watershed (08/30/10) (1.5 MB pdf)
• Bonner County land acquisition protects beaver habitat (01/21/10) (1 MB pdf)

Oregon

• Pistol Creek land purchases would protect fish habitat (July 2011)
• BPA funds conservation easement in Willamette Valley (October 2010)
• BPA funds habitat acquisition along Willamette River (September 2010)
• BPA funds habitat acquisition in Lane County (08/30/09) (1.6 MB pdf)
• BPA funds habitat acquisition in Willamette Valley (08/30/09) (704 Kb pdf)
• Purchases would expand national wildlife refuge in Oregon (12/10/09) (981 Kb pdf)

Montana

• BPA funds habitat protection in Lake County, Montana (December 2010)
• Proposed Flathead River land acquisition would protect trout habitat (December 2010)
• BPA proposes habitat protection in the Jocko River watershed (November 2010)
• BPA funds habitat acquisition in Lower Jocko River watershed (August 2010)

Washington

• Habitat protection proposed for the Methow River watershed (December 2010)
• BPA funds habitat acquisitions in Okanogan County (09/01/10) (1.5 MB pdf)
• BPA funds Okanogan County habitat for wildlife (July 2010)
• Trimble Creek acquisition to preserve wildlife habitat (July 2010)
• BPA funds Kittitas County habitat for threatened steelhead, bull trout (July 2010)
• Cedarosa land acquisition protects fish habitat in Okanogan County (02/23/10) (1 MB)
• Yakima County land acquisition would protect both fish and wildlife (01/07/10) (1 MB pdf)
• Okanogan County land acquisitions protect fish habitat (12/31/09) (1 MB pdf)
• Yakima County land acquisition would protect steelhead and chinook (12/10/09) (1 MB pdf)
• Rainwater land acquisition protects habitat in Touchet River watershed (11/13/09) (1 MB pdf)
• Rainwater Wildlife Area Management Plan (02/22/10) (6.7 MB)
• Rainwater Wildlife Area Management Plan Executive Summary (02/22/10) (3.8 MB pdf)
• Okanogan River watershed land acquisitions benefit salmon habitat (10/7/09) (2.7MB pdf)

2009

Idaho

• Albeni Falls land acquisitions protect northern Idaho habitat (09/2009) (1MB pdf)
• Kootenai River Valley conservation easement protects habitat (06/23/09) (1.4 MB pdf)

Oregon

• Buena Vista conservation easement preserves Polk County habitats (09/17/09) (440 Kb pdf)
• Willow Creek land acquisition protects habitat in Lane County (09/2009) (440 Kb pdf)
• Little Willamette conservation easement restores habitat in Linn County (09/2009) (429 Kb pdf)
• Baskett Butte conservation easement protects habitat in Polk County (09/2009) (314 Kb pdf)

Montana

• Lower Jocko River land acquisition protects trout habitat (08/2009) (901 Kb pdf)
• E. Fork Finley Creek land acquisition protects trout habitat (08/2009) (549 Kb pdf)
• Bigfork land acquisition protects trout habitat (07/28/09) (341 Kb pdf)
• Flathead River Easement Protects Native Fish Habitat (07/28/09) (426 Kb pdf)
• Flathead River watershed conservation easement protects trout habitat (3/27/09) (611 Kb pdf)
• Foy's Bend conservation easement protects trout habitat in Flathead County, Montana (03/16/09) (707 Kb pdf)
• Hay Creek conservation easement protects trout habitat in Flathead County, Montana (03/13/09) (268 Kb pdf)
• Jocko River Watershed conservation easement protects trout habitat in Montana (03/09/09) (1.8 MB pdf)

Nevada

• Nevada land acquisition protects fish and wildlife (08/2009) (591 Kb pdf)

Washington

• Hancock Springs easement protects steelhead habitat (08/2009) (1.5 MB pdf)
• Yakima River land acquisition restores wetlands (08/06/09) (507 Kb pdf)
• Witte Place Conservation Easement improves riparian habitat (07/20/09) (1.4 MB pdf pdf)
• Beaver Creek Conservation Easement protects steelhead habitat (07/20/09) (1.2 MB pdf)
• Okanogan River conservation easement protects salmon habitat (06/17/09) (1 MB pdf)
• Methow River conservation easement protects salmonid fish habitat (05/20/09) (648 Kb pdf)
• Land acquisition protects fish habitat in Wahkiakum County, Wash (03/12/09) (876 Kb pdf)

2008

Idaho

• Acquisition to protect wildlife habitat in Idaho's Power County (12/08/08) (741 Kb pdf)
• Acquisition to protect wildlife habitat in Idaho's Bonner County (08/08/08) (670 Kb pdf)
• Acquisition to protect wildlife habitat in Idaho's Kootenai County (08/08/08) (717 Kb pdf)
• Acquisition to protect wildlife habitat along Smith Creek (07/17/08) (1.2 MB pdf)
• Camas Creek acquisition protects habitat in southern Idaho (03/05/08) (282 Kb pdf)
• Pack River acquisition protects habitat in northern Idaho (01/29/08) (534 Kb pdf)

Oregon

• Yamhill Oaks conservation easement protects habitat in Willamette Valley (09/24/08) (908 Kb pdf)
• Eola Hills conservation easements protect habitat in Willamette Valley (09/05/08) (890 Kb pdf)
• Lone Star conservation easement protects habitat in Willamette Valley (01/29/08) (963 Kb pdf)

Montana

• Post Creek conservation easement protects trout habitat in Montana (08/20/08) (670 Kb pdf)
• Jocko River conservation easement protects trout habitat in Montana (07/15/08) (2.2 MB pdf)
• Jocko River conservation easement protects trout habitat in Montana (05/15/08) (591 Kb pdf)

Washington

• Acquisition protects fish habitat in Yakima County (09/17/08) (817 Kb pdf)
• Acquisition protects Columbia River tidal wetlands (08/01/08) (324 Kb pdf)

2007

Idaho

• Acquisition to protect wildlife habitat along the St. Joe River (09/06/07) (400 Kb pdf)
• Purchase of wildlife habitat in Big Meadows (03/21/07) (161 Kb pdf)
• Acquisition of Wildlife Habitat in the St. Joe River Watershed (03/06/07) (353 Kb pdf)
• Acquisition of 0.5 acre wildlife habitat in the Pack River Watershed (03/05/07) (627 Kb pdf)
• Acquisition of wildlife habitat in the Pend Oreille River Wildlife Management Area (03/05/07) (203 Kb pdf)

Montana

• Jocko River conservation easement protects critical trout habitat (09/14/07) (616 Kb pdf)

Oregon

• Zena conservation easement protects habitat in Willamette Valley (08/29/07) (299 Kb pdf)
• Coburg Hills conservation easement provides native habitat for wildlife (03/06/07) (218 Kb pdf)

Washington

• Omak Creek acquisition protects endangered salmonid habitat (09/14/07) (627 Kb pdf)
• Acquisition of wildlife habitat in the Calispell Creek Watershed (11/21/06) (489 Kb pdf)