The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking input at three public scoping meetings in early February to identify issues and determine the appropriate course of action for issuance of an incidental take permit for grizzly bears to the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad. The need for a permit results from accidental train collisions with grizzly bears by the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad along an 85-mile area of the Middle Fork Flathead River Corridor. Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad proposes a habitat conservation plan to offset the grizzly bear mortalities incurred on the railroad.
The meetings to discuss the process and the issues in the Middle Fork Flathead River Corridor involved in the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe Railroad
