U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to hold open house
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Friday, October 16, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will give the public an opportunity to voice their opinion on the service’s proposed Flint Hills Legacy Conservation Project.
The proposed project involves the acquisition of conservation easements from willing sellers in the Flint Hills whose lands provide habitat and fish and wildlife resources, a press release stated.
The service will host an open house from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Cottonwood Falls Community Building, 220 Broadway in Cottonwood Falls. There also will be time for public comment.
“The service will consider all public comments in the development of an environmental assessment for establishing the Flint Hills Legacy Conservation Area,” the press release stated.
“ ... The establishment of the Flint Hills Legacy Conservation Area would provide an opportunity to conserve a significant amount of high quality tallgrass prairie through the use of conservation easements ...”
For more information go to www.fws.gov.