The Dillon Unit of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) has received a request from the SW Montana Sagebrush Partnership (SMSP) for conifer encroachment removal projects in the Jeff Davis -Medicine Lodge and Horse Prairie areas of Beaverhead County (T8S R14W Section 36, T9S R14W Sections 16, 19, 30, T9S R15W Sections 24, 25, 36, T10S R11W Section 16 T11S R11W Sections 16 & 27). There are approximately 2,400 acres conifer encroachment removal projects proposed in 10 locations.