3 Rivers Communications has applied to the MT DNRC, Dillon Unit to provide Fiber to the Home (FTTH) facilities that will cross 5 tracts of state land in the Dillon Unit in Madison County. The new (FTTH) facilities would provide telephony, high-speed data, and broadband services to the rural Sheridan area. Currently the rural Sheridan exchange is serviced by ageing copper cables that have reached their useful life limit, preventing 3 Rivers Telephone Coop from being able to fulfill service requests, including full deployment of DSL services. The proposed facilities will be buried fiber optic cables placed within existing cable corridors along state highway or county road rights-of-way both in public rights-of-way and utilizing some private easements.