Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

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1 National Trails System Land and Water Conservation Fund FY2014 Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Total LWCF Request: $ 3,130,000 Project Name Agency District # Tracts Acres Total Cost Columbia River Gorge FWS WA $1,500,000 and Lake River Unit, Ridgefield NWR Complex Lolo Creek (in conjunction BLM ID $30,000 with Nez Perce NHT) Cow Island and Cow Creek BLM MT $1,600,000 (in conjunction with Nez Perce NHT) Totals: $3,130,000 Prepared in collaboration by: The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (406) The Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. (859) The Partnership for the National Trails System (608)

2 National Trails System Land and Water Conservation Fund FY2014 Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Columbia River Gorge and Lake River Unit Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Washington Project Details LWCF Request: $1,500,000 Congressional District: WA-3, Representative Herrera Beutler Acres: 123 Miles of Trail: 4 Tracts: 6 Acquiring Agency: FWS Columbia River from Bridge of the Gods. Credit: Richard Prestholdt, Prestholdt Images, Founding Member of the Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. Landscape Characteristics: These tracts contain a mixture of riparian bottomland forest, wet meadows during seasonal flood events, and pastures between Lake River and Campbell Lake. The riparian forests are comprised of Pacific willow in the lower elevation flats transitioning to black cottonwood, and are home to resident and migrant neotropical songbirds. Scattered individual Oregon white oaks occupy the highest terraces above the influence of frequent flood events, and have value in attracting and sustaining oak obligate wildlife species like slender-billed white-breasted nuthatches. Dusky Canada geese and other waterfowl are known to concentrate in the pastures and wet meadows of this parcel. Benefits of Protection: Protection of an intact historic scene representing what the Corps of Discovery saw and experienced including 45 acres and four linear miles of riparian area along the Lake River, and improved protection of a threatened habitat type within the boundaries of the Ridgefield NWR Complex. Threats to the Landscape: Destruction of natural and heritage resources, agricultural conversion, loss of public access, visual intrusion, residential development, and loss of habitat for threatened and endangered species. Prepared in collaboration by: The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (406) The Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. (859) The Partnership for the National Trails System (608)

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4 National Trails System Land and Water Conservation Fund FY2014 Nez Perce National Historic Trail & Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Lolo Creek Idaho Project Details LWCF Request: $30,000 Congressional District: ID-1, Representative Labrador Acres: 12 Miles of Trail: 2.5 Acquiring Agency: BLM Landscape Characteristics: This tract will preserve a key section of the Nez Perce and Lewis and Clark Nez Perce NHT near Kamiah, Idaho along Lolo Creek. BLM photo. National Historic Trails. The Nez Perce people used the trail to access the buffalo plains in Montana and the Weippe Prairie and to travel between the camas grounds near Weippe and the Clearwater River. The Nez Perce also used the trail during the Nez Perce War in 1877 as a route over the Bitterroot Mountains into Montana. In addition, the Lewis and Clark Expedition used the trail during their return to the Eastern United States in 1806 while guided by Nez Perce. The BLM manages Lolo Creek as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern and Special Recreational Management Area under an approved Cottonwood Resource Management Plan (2009). Lolo Creek is considered suitable as a proposed National Wild and Scenic River. Benefits of Protection: Preservation of the Nez Perce and Lewis and Clark National Historic Trails and protection of land within the BLM s ACEC and SRMA while preserving the outstanding remarkable values of Lolo Creek as outlined through Congress proposal to designate the creek as a National Wild and Scenic River. Threats to the Landscape: Destruction of natural and heritage resource, loss of public access, visual intrusion, and residential development. Prepared in collaboration by: The Nez Perce Trail Foundation (208) The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (406) The Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. (859) The Partnership for the National Trails System (608)

5 Lolo Creek Vicinity References National Atlas USGS National Hydrography Dataset Bureau of Land Management Disclaimer Original data was compiled from multiple source data and may not meet the U.S. National Mapping Accuracy Standard of the Office of Management and Budget. This map has no warranties as to its contents or accuracy. Legend Nez Perce Trail Lewis Clark Trail Proposed Land Acquisition BLM Lolo Creek ACEC & SRMA Nez Perce Tribe Reservation County Road Milep LOLO CREEK TRACT FY2014 National Trails System LWCF Collaborative Funding Proposal MAP 1 OF 1 This map depicts the approximate location of proposed acquisition for the Nez Perce Nee-Me-Poo National HistoricTrail BLM, Administrator Cottonwood Field Office, National Park Service Nez Perce National Historic Trails, US Forest Service National Trails More detailed cadastral maps can be requested from Jeff Cartwright, BLM Cottonwood Field Office.

6 National Trails System Land and Water Conservation Fund FY2014 Nez Perce National Historic Trail & Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Cow Island and Cow Creek, Montana Project Details LWCF Request: $1,600,000 Congressional District: MT-1 Representative Daines Acres: 779 Miles of Trail: 2.5 Acquiring Agency: BLM Landscape Characteristics: Flowing beneath the blue of central Montana s vast Big Sky country through some of the most isolated The Upper Missouri River Breaks in Montana near Cow Island along the Nez Perce National Historic Trail. US Forest Service photo, by Roger Peterson. lands in the continental United States, this 149- mile segment of the Missouri River was designated as a National Wild and Scenic River (NWSR) in Here, the Missouri flows through a geologically stark landscape of rugged and sparsely vegetated uplands, deeply eroded badlands exposing geology s layered millenia, and sporadic cottonwood galleries all a testament to the river s power. Along this course of the Missouri the tread of the 3,700-mile Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is braided with the river s riparian corridor. The remote landscape contains a spectacular array of biological, historical, geological, cultural, and wildlife resources, while offering opportunities for solitude. This isolation provides an unspoiled, natural setting for outstanding recreational and cultural tourism opportunities. The remote nature of this segment of the Missouri River has buffered it from most human influence. Consequently, the area has maintained the same vistas experienced by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805 and 1806 and seen by the Nez Perce travelling through this area in Acquisition of this riverfront and breaks/upland property, at the confluence of the Missouri River and Cow Creek, would preserve the scenic beauty and wild experience of the area in perpetuity. Cow Creek, a sizeable tributary to the Missouri River, provided a natural trail to the river through the steep surrounding country, and the solid river bottom created a natural ford known to native people for thousands of years. In 1877, during the Flight of the Nez Perce or Nez Perce War, a skirmish occurred at Cow Island between the U.S. Army soldiers and Nez Perce warriors. In 1877, several Nez Perce Chiefs, including Chief Joseph, led the Nez Perce toward Canada using Cow Creek as a trail to avoid being confined to a reservation. The Nez Perce National Historic Trail crosses the Missouri River at Cow Island and travels up Cow Creek. Later, explorers, trappers, traders and others used this area in the same manner as well as for camping, steamboat landings and homesteading. Decaying remnants of abandoned homesteads remain. Benefits of Protection: Acquisition of the Cow Island tract would complete the purchase of inholdings along this section of the Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic River located in the Missouri Breaks National Monument. This section is immediately up stream from the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and would assist with Refuge management of aquatic species. The Cow Creek tract contains numerous prehistoric and historic archeological sites along this drainage including potential trail tread from the Nez Perce s crossing. Together, they will consolidate Federal ownership in this area and protect approximately 1 ½ miles of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and 2 ½ miles of the Nez Perce National Historic Trail, creating an uninterrupted 9-mile long trail corridor at the Missouri River crossing. This is the primary area of BLM-administered land in Montana that contains a segment of these two National Historic trails that is without public access. Threats to the Landscape: Destruction of natural and heritage resource, loss of public access, residential development, visual intrusion, and loss of habitat for threatened and endangered species. Partner Contributions: The Trust for Public Land is providing acquisition services and financial assistance. Prepared in collaboration by: The Nez Perce Trail Foundation (208) The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (406) The Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. (859) The Partnership for the National Trails System (608)

7 k ee Cow Cr Lewis & Clark NH T Mis Legend Disclaimer Original data was compiled from multiple source data and may not meet the U.S. National Mapping Accuracy Standard of the Office of Management and Budget. This map has no warranties as to its contents or accuracy Nez Perce National Historic Trail Lewis & Clark NHT Cow Creek Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) p Proposed LWCF Purchase Wild and Scenic River Corridor BIA - Undetermined BLM - Land Utilization BLM - Public Domain sou ri R Vicinity i ve r COW CREEK AND COW ISLAND FY2014 National Trails System LWCF Collaborative Funding Proposal MAP 2 OF 2 This map depicts the approximate location of proposed acquisition for Nez Perce and Lewis and Clark National Historic Trails Bureau of Land Management Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (UMRBNM) Private 3 Mile Division of State Lands US Fish and Wildlife Service WATER More detailed cadastral maps can be requested from BLM Central Montana District Office.

8 ! Winifred Vicinity Great Falls!! Helena! Billings! Butte Disclaimer Original data was compiled from multiple source data and may not meet the U.S. National Mapping Accuracy Standard of the Office of Management and Budget. This map has no warranties as to its contents or accuracy Mile p Legend! City Proposed LWCF Purchase Wild and Scenic River Corridor Missouri River and Lewis & Clark NHT Nez Perce NHT Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument BIA - Undetermined BLM - Land Utilization BLM - Public Domain Dept. of Defense Private Division of State Lands US Fish and Wildlife Service WATER COW CREEK AND COW ISLAND FY2014 National Trails System LWCF Collaborative Funding Proposal MAP 1 OF 2 This map depicts the approximate location of proposed acquisition for the Nez Perce and Lewis and Clark National Historic Trails. Bureau of Land Management Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (UMRBNM) More detailed cadastral maps can be requested from BLM Central Montana District Office.