Western Montana boaters received an early December Christmas present making them true believers in the Whitewater Santa.The gift was transferal of 306 acres of river corridor lands along the Clark Fork�s seven-mile Alberton Gorge to public ownership. This marked the culmination of a ten-year effort by Santa and his elves to transfer this 306 acre parcel from former Montana Power Co. ownership to the public so it could be protected in perpetuity.