Haskill Basin Project is a "Remarkable Achievement"

     The Haskill Basin project is finalized. Tremendous effort with tremendous results, and congratulations to everyone involved.
     “This is truly a remarkable achievement and a win-win for everyone,” said Dick Dolan of The Trust for Public Land. “Almost 5 square miles of beautiful forestland will be preserved forever in the backyard of Whitefish, and remain part of the vital local timber economy.”
     Chuck Roady, vice president of Stoltze, said the company has long wanted to formalize an agreement with the City of Whitefish to protect the municipal watershed, intakes, and water system located on its private forest lands, but the means to do so remained out of reach.
     “The Haskill Basin conservation easement was the perfect tool to accomplish this project,” Roady said. “The Stoltze family will still retain the ownership of the land and the management of their timberlands, while providing permanent recreational access, water for the City of Whitefish, and a continuous supply of wood to their local milling facility.”