Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 51 | Spring 2025. Grand Opening: Reed’s Slough Wildlife Viewing Area | Big Year for Land Conservation in the Flathead: Connecting the Dots and Protecting Vital Corridors | 2025 Montana Watershed…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 50 | Summer 2024. Owen Sowerwine Celebration | Flathead River to Lake Initiative Conservation Accomplishments Update | Flathead Waters Cleanup event | Living with Fire | Events
Thanks to Luci Yeats and her late husband, Dave, the 76-acre Heart Rock Ridge family farm near Columbia Falls was permanently safeguarded through a donated conservation easement with Flathead Land Trust last April. Luci's property, located near the Bad Rock…
February 29, 2024 Nearly fifty years ago, a man named Owen Sowerwine dreamed of safeguarding a 405-acre community treasure with exceptional, intact forested river bottom habitat near Kalispell. This week, that vision blossomed into reality. After years of collaboration between…
New Living in Flathead Guide provides insights into navigating the realities of living in the Flathead while encouraging practices to live in harmony with wildlife, ensure water quality, and support local communities. The Guide was compiled by 20+ contributors passionate…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 49 | Winter 2024. Over 1,800 acres recently protected along the Flathead River | New Wetland Tool Helps Assesses Resilience of Sloughs |New Living in Flathead Guide Launched | Events
The Montana Land Reliance just closed on two new conservation easements along the Flathead River, helping landowners protect an additional 320 acres in the Creston area and 310 acres in the North Fork. These and other projects bring our growing…
Two major milestones have paved the way for completing the Owen Sowerwine Conservation project. Funding to purchase a conservation easement on the 405-acre property was successfully secured last fall. Additionally, the Montana Land Board unanimously approved the purchase of the…
The Montana Land Reliance worked with Myron and Vicky Mast to conserve 731 acres in the Creston area near the Flathead River, east of Kalispell. The Mast property includes productive cropland, sub-irrigated riparian pasture and forestland, and a portion of…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 48 | Summer 2023. Owen Sowerwine Fundraising Milestones and New Challenge | Partners Celebrate New State Park in Somers | Study Assesses Septic Pollution Vulnerability | Flathead County in Moderate to…