A special thanks to so many community members, groups, and foundations who helped bring this project to fruition! The Flathead River Conservation Project protects 155 acres along a third of a mile of the Flathead River owned by Bob Danford.…
Dean Robbins, a 4th generation descendant from settlers living along Wiley Slough, donated a conservation easement to the Flathead Land Trust of 26 acres, stretching over 982 feet of shoreline, to "pass the legacy of open space for wildlife and…
In October 2019, nearly 1,400 trees and shrubs were planted along Cow Creek, a tributary of the Whitefish River, to reduce sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus pollution in the creek and the Whitefish River. Grazing by livestock and past channelization of…
This September, the Smith Lake Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) along Ashley Creek, west of Kalispell, grew by 257 acres of mostly wetlands and important bird habitat thanks to a partnership between landowners Larry and Maureen Baer, Flathead Land Trust, U.S.…
A new conservation easement project this spring helped protect 45 wetland acres on the North Shore of Flathead Lake! Linda and David Kurfess, in partnership with Flathead Land Trust, placed a conservation easement on 45-acres of their property along the…
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffet said it, and we are doing it. Over the last ten years, River Steward Program partners have worked with ten landowners to…
These majestic birds are coming back to northwest Montana and even nesting in Mission and Flathead Valley wetlands thanks to the persistent efforts of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The Tribes started reintroducing swans on the Flathead Reservation 20…
A secret discovered – pothole wetlands hidden northwest of Kalispell come alive at sunset in October as hundreds of sandhill cranes roost at a key feeding and resting site on their migration route. The Flathead Land Trust approached the landowners…
In February, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the Trust for Public Land finalized a 7,000 acre easement in the Trumbull Creek watershed above Columbia Falls - headwaters to the River to Lake Initiative focus area. The Trumbull Creek Conservation…
