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Swan Valley

The Swan Valley is a forested mountain valley situated between the Bob Marshall Wilderness to the east and the Mission Mountain Wilderness to the west. This ecosystem sustains lynx, wolverine, grizzly bear, bull trout, elk, moose, goshawks and eagles. The Swan is also home to a wide variety of people ranging from homestead era residents to more recent migrants in search of a higher quality of life.

Click on map to enlarge view. Map courtesy of Sharon Lamar.

The satellite photo image (below) of the Swan Valley shows the Mission Mountains Wilderness on the left (west) and the western edge of the Bob Marshall Wilderness on the right (east). The checkerboard pattern of ownership across the valley bottom is typical of this area with alternating square miles of federal and corporate timber lands

In the image below, the Swan Valley is located in the center of the map. The lavender patches represent grizzly bear linkage zones that link the two wilderness areas. These linkage zones were developed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and are the only grizzly bear linkage zones (and actually the first wildlife linkage zones) in the United States.

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