CREATING AND LEVERAGING PUBLIC
RECREATION PARTNERSHIPS
BRUCE BUGBEE, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN LANDS, NWHA FEBRUARY 18, 2014
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PROJECT SETTING
FERC LICENSE 2188: UPPER MISSOURI RIVER AND MADISON RIVER, MONTANA
9 DAMS, 8 WITH GENERATING FACILITIES PRODUCING 304 MW, 324 RIVER MILES
MISSOURI MADISON RIVER FUND
OPERATING ASSUMPTIONS:
THE NEED
• SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
• AVOID SOLE SOURCE SOLUTIONS
• INTRODUCE AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC SUPPORT
THRESHOLD TEST FOR EACH PROJECT’S APPROVAL
• LEVERAGE TOTAL PUBLIC BENEFITS
MISSOURI MADISON RIVER FUND:
WHAT IS IT?
• THE LICENSE-DIRECTED MEANS OF IDENTIFYING AND FUNDING
CONTINUING RECREATION NEEDS IN THE MISSOURI-MADISON RIVER
CORRIDOR.
• THE FUND IS AN INDEPENDENT TAX-EXEMPT NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
ADVISED BY A RECREATION PLAN
• IT HAS AN ELEVEN MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BLM, FS, MDFWP,
LICENSEE, SIX COUNTIES, AND ONE PUBLIC MEMBER)
• PPLM PROVIDES STAFF SUPPORT TO MMRF, RECREATION PLANNING,
ANNUAL COUNTER SURVEYS, RECREATION USER SURVEYS, AND ANNUAL
O&M
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
Partnership project with Lewis & Clark National Forest, City of Great
Falls, Cascade County, PPLM and private sources
Completed in 2000
FUNDING
LICENSEE CHALLENGED ITS PARTNERS TO SHARE THE COSTS OF
THE INITIAL PROJECTS. IF:
•
PPLM CONTRIBUTED $5.4 MILLION FOR NEW SITES,
•
PUBLIC AGENCIES CONTRIBUTED $5.1 MILLION, THEN
•
AFTER FIVE YEARS, PPLM WOULD PLACE $5.1 MILLION IN A RECREATION PROJECT
REVOLVING FUND, PLUS
•
AFTER SIX YEARS, PPLM WOULD MATCH NEW PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS 100% FOR
QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES ON RESERVOIR RECREATION SITES AND 25% ON RIVER SITES,
UP TO THE AMOUNT OF INCOME EARNED BY THE REVOLVING FUND.
HOW HAS IT WORKED?
• MMRF BOARD MEETS ANNUALLY TO AWARD GRANTS BEGINNING IN
2006 FOR PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED IN 2007
• PARTNERS MEET 2X PER YEAR TO PROPOSE, RANK PROJECTS AND
RECOMMEND PROJECTS TO THE BOARD
•Annual counter surveys and manager surveys, and recreation
user surveys every 6 years advise new proposals and plan
updates
$5.4M in Recreation Improvements 2007-2014
Agency and
Partner
contributions
41%
($2.2 million)
River Fund grants
43%
($2.3 million)
PPL Montana
matching funds
15%
($831,000)
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEGoqoMOo2A
•http://thetrail.org
http://www.missourimadison.com/
AMERICAN LANDS * 125 BANK STREET, #610
MISSOULA, MONTANA 59802 * ( 406) 728-4176
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