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Federal Agency Websites - and - Land & Resource Management Plans - BLM-Dillon Field Office Website - BLM-Dillon Resource Management Plan Website - Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Website - B-DNF Forest Plan Revision Website   Did you know a goal of the Beaverhead County Resource Use Committee (BCRUC) is to support the development and revision of Beaverhead County Comprehensive Plan; to include all resources upon which county customs, cultures, and economy are dependent; provide county government with a tool that will enable the county to effectively influence government and non-government entities when making decisions that affect environment, customs, cultures, and economy of the people of Beaverhead County? BCRUC Document List The following documents are available online or at the Beaverhead County Courthouse: October 2001 BLM RMP Scoping Comments Beaverhead County Resource Use Plan Amendment, July 2001 - July 2001 Resource Use Plan as MS Word DOC file June 2000 Resource Use Plan Draft  Cover Letter for June 2000 Draft July 1999 Resource Use Plan Draft

[Previous entry: "B-D National Forest Quarterly Project List Online"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "BCRUC Meeting, Oct 25, 7PM"] 10/22/2001 Entry: "Support Needed for 319 TMDL Beaverhead River Planning Grant" I am requesting support letters for a 319 grant being submitted to Montana Department of Environmental Quality on behalf of the Beaverhead Watershed. Below is a description of the grant and the address for the letters. Please cc a copy of your letter to me for the committee's records. If you or your organization is (or even hope to be) contributing in - kind contributions or matching funds, please mention it. Letters must be received by DEQ by October 31st. Thanks in advance! Lorie Higgins, BWC Coordinator Project Goals 1. Build on current TMDL planning efforts by continuing and expanding research and monitoring program. 2. Demonstrate the multiple benefits of riparian health by reestablishing ground cover that will improve riparian habitat condition and function and reduce sedimentation in the Beaverhead River. 3. Plan information and education activities to enhance awareness and stewardship of watershed resources by all residents in the watershed, and prepare for impacts and attention on the watershed due to the Lewis & Clark bicentennial while coordinating efforts with upstream and downstream watershed planning efforts and other public entities. 4. Augment current watershed plan to document TMDL completion, progress made, and future goals. Digitize data from existing and ongoing studies into a comprehensive database for the watershed. Data will also be submitted to DEQ’s STORET system in consultation with DEQ. The centerpiece of the project (where most of the money is going) is the riparian vegetation project. The committee is emphasizing this because there are known sites that are eroding due to bare ground, etc., and to complement its weed project. If streambanks have healthy vegetation, they make poor hosts for noxious weeds. IMPORTANT: in your letters, emphasize the sediment reducing, temperature lowering results of improved riparian habitat rather than the weed connection. The comments received back from DEQ on the first draft suggest they see the word "weed" and think "they can get funding for this elsewhere." Weird, but seems to be the case. Address for letters of support: 319 Grant Projects Watershed Management Section, Rescource Protection Planning Bureau Department of Environmental Quality 1520 E. Sixth Avenue PO Box 200901 Helena, MT 59620 Add A New Comment Name E-Mail (optional) Homepage (optional) Comments