Bushmen Lake
The property was not able to be acquired and protected for reasons not known to project managers and partners at the outset of the project in 2017.
The Conservation Fund was able to secure the property under contract and appraise the project to yellow book federal standards at the outset of the project, and was unable to continue with the acquisition due to US Forest Service's being unable to accept a donation of property with the LSOHC Notice of Funding Restrictions.
$4,600,000 in the first year is to the commissioner of natural resources for an agreement with The Conservation Fund in cooperation with the United States Forest Service to acquire lands in fee adjacent to Bushman Lake in St. Louis County to be managed for wildlife habitat purposes. A list of proposed land acquisitions must be provided as part of the required accomplishment plan.
The money was returned and no acres were affected. Please see Project Details (above).