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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 148578" data-attributes="member: 605">So where does the fed/gov get the money to purchase easements? There are several funding mechanisms. There are many proposals put forth looking for money. North Dakota has been staring down the barrel of a big one since 2011. $588 million dollars worth.The Dakota Grasslands Conservation Area. Keep in mind at this point it is just a proposal. But it could grow legs.<a href="https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/refuges/lpp_dkg.php" target="_blank">https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/refuges/lpp_dkg.php</a>Dakota Grassland Conservation Area—North Dakota, South Dakota   <a href="https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/refuges/lpp_dkg.php#hidden-content-reveal6" target="_blank">Documents</a> | Open / close all       <img src="https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/refuges/images/dakotaGrassTopImage.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    The Service has established the Dakota Grassland Conservation Area  and will work with private landowners to accelerate the conservation of  native prairie — both wetland and grassland habitats — within the  Prairie Pothole Region in the eastern parts of North Dakota and South  Dakota.  The conservation area is an easement program that will be part of a  landscape-scale, strategic habitat conservation effort. The focus is to  conserve populations of migratory birds by protecting the unique, highly  diverse, and endangered ecosystem known as the Prairie Pothole Region.  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Land protection with conservation easements bought from willing sellers  — 240,000 acres of wetland habitat — 1.7 million acres of critical grassland habitat </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/refuges/lpp_PDFs/dkg_lpp_map.pdf" target="_blank">Project area map</a> (5 MB PDF) </li> </ul>   The overall purpose of the proposed Dakota Grassland Conservation  Area is to preserve, at a landscape scale, the ecological integrity of  the area’s mixed-grass prairie, tallgrass prairie, prairie pothole  wetlands, and riparian woodlands with the support of the associated  ranching culture. More specifically, the project is designed to do the  following:   <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Maintain and enhance the historical native plant, migratory bird, and other wildlife species. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Preserve working landscapes based on ranching and livestock operations that support a viable livestock industry. </li> </ul>     Completed Plan Contacts     The Service completed this plan  in 2011.  Landowners interested in easements may contact these offices. <hr />  NORTH DAKOTA  Bismarck  Wetlands Acquisition Office3425 Miriam AvenueBismarck, North Dakota 58501701 / 250 4415   Minot  Wetlands Acquisition Office2001 6th Street Southeast, Suite 5Minot, North Dakota 58701701 / 852 0318 <hr />SOUTH DAKOTA  HuronWetlands Acquisition Office200 4th Street Southwest, Room 307Huron, South Dakota 57350605 / 352 7014   Sand Lake  Wetlands Acquisition Office  39650 Sand Lake Drive  Columbia, South Dakota 57443  605 / 885 6357  <hr />WYOMING  BRANCH OF LAND PROTECTION PLANNING134 Union Boulevard, Suite 300Lakewood, Colorado 80228303 / 236 4378         <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Support the recovery and protection of threatened and endangered  species and reduce the likelihood of additional listings under the  Endangered Species Act. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Prevent further habitat fragmentation. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Protect an intact north–south migration corridor for grassland-dependent wildlife. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Provide a buffer against climate change by providing resiliency for  the mixed-grass and tallgrass prairie ecosystems and associated prairie  pothole wetlands. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Use this ecosystem resiliency to climate variability to ensure the  continuation of wildlife habitat in the face of the uncertain effect of  climate change. </li> </ul>   Conservation easement contracts will specify perpetual protection of  habitat for trust species and limits on residential, industrial, or  commercial development. Contracts will prohibit alteration of the  natural topography, conversion of native grassland to cropland, drainage  of wetland, and establishment of game farms.  Easement land will remain in private ownership. Therefore, property  tax and invasive plant control will remain the responsibility of the  landowner, who also would retain control of public access to the land.  Contracts would not restrict grazing on easement land.So how are any of us to know when proposals like this are going to grow legs? Easy....when surrogate pretend sportsmen orgs begin singing its praises. I have talked about this at length the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf produces about $5 billion a year in oil and gas lease revenue into the US General Treasury. The Land Water Conservation Fund is an Act that was passed in 1964. It can be but doesn't have to be funded up to $900 million. It's not dedicated funding so a proposal better be good and have much support. Surrogate pretend sportsmens orgs make for a good cheering section.  </blockquote>

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