Adolfson-Feleding Property (Lavaside Property) PurchaseCX(s) Applied: B1.25Date: 07/22/2010Location(s): Bingham County, IdahoOffice(s): Bonneville Power Administration
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 22, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B1.25
Date: 07/22/2010
Location(s): Bingham County, Idaho
Office(s): Bonneville Power Administration
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) proposes to fund the acquisition of the 609 acre Adolfson-Feleding property by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. BPA will be granted a perpetual conservation easement over the entire property as a condition of funding the acquisition. The property is being acquired as partial mitigation for the construction and operation of the Palisades Dam on the Snake River, and because of its outstanding riparian and floodplain natural resource values. Additionally, the property is important for providing habitat to whitetail and mule deer, elk, moose, bald eagle, beaver, muskrat, otter, mink, coyote, fox, raccoon, badger, bobcat, turkey, Canada geese, mallard, wood duck and other water fowl. The easement will protect the conservation values for which the property is being acquired by restricting activity such as residential, non-agricultural commercial and industrial development.