FWP Seeks Comments on Proposed New Fishing Access Site Along Beaverhead River

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks staff are seeking public comments on a proposed fee-title acquisition of about 3.5 acres of private land west of Dillon to become a new fishing access site along the Beaverhead River.

FWP is undertaking the process of acquiring the parcel as a donation from the Beaverhead Trails Coalition, a nonprofit in Dillon. A neighboring landowner donated the property to the coalition in 2021.

The site would be known as Cornell Park Fishing Access Site.

Following the acquisition, FWP staff would restore 325 feet of streambank for improved habitat and shoreline stability. The...