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Montana DNRC Forested State Trust Lands
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)
HCP Duration
DNRC has proposed that the Permit be issued by the USFWS for a period of 50 years. DNRC views the HCP as a long-term program for addressing and improving habitat needs across the landscape. This Permit term was selected by DNRC to ensure that it would have sufficient time and funding to implement the conservation strategies and make adjustments through adaptive management where needed. This time period also helps ensure that the cost and effort of obtaining the Permit would be offset by the long-term advantage of ensuring that ESA regulatory requirements were met for those HCP species listed or likely to be listed over the next 50 years.
