AN M3 EAGLE LLC PROPOSAL

• A PROPOSAL FROM M3, NOT THE BLM• THIRD PROPOSAL FROM M3, PREVIOUS TWO WERE TURNED DOWN BY

BOISE DISTRICT• M3 VERY INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING 815 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND NORTH

OF EAGLE ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 16 (The linchpin)• THESE 815 ACRES ARE IDENTIFIED BY BOISE DISTRICT FOR RETENTION

•IDAHO BLM HAS CONCERNS WITH THIS EXCHANGE IN IT’S CURRENT FORM SINCE IT APPEARS TO NOT BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC•M3/IFG PUSHING THIS PROPOSED EXCHANGE THE LEGISLATIVE ROUTE AFTER THE APPROPRIATE NEPA IS COMPLETED•IFG INDICATES THAT THEY AND M3 WANT THIS PROPOSAL TO BE FULLY DAY-LIGHTED

PROPOSED LANDS INVOLVEDNon-Federal land to BLM ownership:

totals approximately 11,838 acres in 4 tracts (all located in Boise District). Tract 1: 9,638 acres at Harris CreekTract 2: 560 acres at Cartwright CanyonTract 3: 840 acres adjacent to Stack RockTract 4: 800 acres at Willow Creek

PROPOSED LANDS INVOLVEDBLM land to non-Federal ownership: totals

approximately 9,706 acres in 74 tracts. BLM land identified by proponent in Coeur

d’Alene Field Office: 8,091 acresBLM land identified by proponent in

Cottonwood Field Office: 800 acresBLM land identified by proponent in Boise

District: 815 acres

ISSUES

BLM has limited resources to adequately address this exchange though we will participate to the extent possible

Limited public and Tribal involvement to dateSome formal opposition to date (Kootenai

Tribe of Idaho and Boise County)Inconsistencies with the CDA, Cottonwood

and Four Rivers Land Use Plans

ISSUESIn accordance with the CDA RMP, disposal

lands in N. Idaho to be utilized for wildlife, wetlands, riparian and water-based recreation acquisitions for the N. Idaho public

Sagebrush-steppe lands in S. Idaho not a limited resource

M3, upon acquisition of N. Idaho public lands would immediately sell acquired lands to Idaho Forest Group