Lellhame Private Pond Draft Environmental Checklist EA

A private landowner is applying for a private pond license and is proposing to stock an existing pond on his property located at 980 Jensen Road in Columbia Falls. 

The pond is approximately a half-acre and drains to terminal wetland that was dry at the time of viewing and is said to dry annually. There is also a shallow pond upstream of this wetland that is unlikely to support fish year-round. The outlet of the pond is a screened headgate structure. If necessary, removal of fish from this pond could be accomplished with rotenone.

Comments due Nov. 8.

Yellow Bay Road and tent camping improvements

The proposed project would reconfigure and pave Flathead Lake State Park-Yellow Bay’s entrance and internal road system and would create five to seven additional parking spaces designed to accommodate vehicle-boat trailer combinations. 

A cul-de-sac would be incorporated near the entrance to the park to provide a space for park visitors to turn around and to control traffic flow during peak use periods. The cul-de-sac would also function as a location for a small visitor contact station providing information about the park and for fee collection. 

To accommodate the proposed project, one of the two existing park host sites and five existing tent campsites would be relocated. An existing non-functional shower-house would be removed, and the existing wooden vault latrine would be replaced with a new concrete vault latrine. 

Further, six passenger vehicle parking spaces would be added at this location. Finally, FWP proposes to refurbish the existing flush toilet restroom and a small maintenance shed would be added in proximity to the refurbished restroom.

Comments due Nov. 25.