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Commissioners condition US Fish & Wildlife conservation easement on drainage agreement
Summary
The Stevens County Board approved a perpetual conservation easement for roughly 157 acres offered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but added a condition that a drainage easement with neighboring landowners be in place after debate over ditch maintenance and DNR water-control elevations.
The Stevens County Board of Commissioners approved a perpetual conservation easement offered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for roughly 157 acres in Pappleton Township, but the board required a drainage easement with neighboring landowners as a condition of certification.
The easement proposal, presented by US Fish and Wildlife representatives, would leave land ownership and property taxes with the landowner while restricting management to conserve grasslands and wetlands for hunting, fishing and recreation. Speaker 5 said, “He will still pay his taxes,” and described the easement as a way to “make…
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