Applications available for FWP's Habitat Conservation Lease Program

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is accepting applications for its Habitat Conservation Lease Program.

A habitat conservation lease is a voluntary, incentive-based agreement between FWP and private landowners in which the landowner commits to specific land management practices that protect priority wildlife habitat. In turn, FWP pays landowners a one-time per-acre fee for the lease. These agreements have a term length of 30 and 40 years. The lease program is in addition to the conservation tools already available to landowners.

The focus of the Habitat Conservation Lease Program is primarily for...