The Plains Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) along with Blackfoot Telephone is proposing the Blackfoot Telephone Smiley Slough Easement. Blackfoot telephone proposes to install a fiber optic communication line along an existing road. The project is in the Smiley Slough area approximately 1 air mile SE of Plains, Montana in Section 36, Township 20 North, Range 26 West.