Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 19, 2018Bonneville Power Administration is proposing to fund the Confederated Salish and Kootanai Tribes to purchase the Valley Creek 1 property, an approximately 11.8-acre parcel of land, and the adjoining Valley Creek 2 property, an approximately 2.5 acre parcel of land, located about 10 miles northeast of Arlee in Sanders County, Montana. The United States would hold conservation easements, which Bonneville Power Administration would manage, to permanently protect, mitigate and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitat.