Publications & Maps
Conservation Handouts
- Flathead River to Lake Initiative handout
- Community Benefits
- Conservation Easements and You
- Conservation Funding for Landowners
- Keep Flathead Lake’s North Shore Special
- Evergreeen Shallow Aquifer
Restoration brochures & documents
- Riparian Areas: Key to Clean Water
- Waterfront Landscapes: Keep the View – Plus a Whole Lot More
- Living by Water: A guide to protecting and enhancing riparian areas
- Ashley Creek Restoration
- 2010 Flathead River Channel Migration Zone Report (11MB)
- Revegetation Study and Guide for the Flathead River Basin, May 2010, by Vander Meer et al. Prepared by Watershed Consulting, LLC for Bonneville Power Administration and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- Flathead Conservation District Flathead-Stillwater Watershed Restoration Plan, 2017
- Flathead Lakers Watershed Restoration Plan, 2014
Videos
“Farming is not a living, it’s a way of life.”
- Conservation partners preserve the Flathead River one property at a time Video, by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
- Planting buffers for clean water by Flathead Lakers & River Steward Program partners
- Protecting Our Land and Water for the Next Generation, by Flathead Land Trust
- Farming is not a living, it’s a way of life, by Montana Land Reliance.
- Stories From the Land – the Glenn and Hazel Johnston conservation easement, by Flathead Land Trust
Maps
- 2017 River to Lake Map
- Prime Agricultural Soils Map
Critical Water Resource Maps and 2009 Report (Please wait for download. Click on ‘Layers’ in left column to turn layers on or off. Layers include:wetlands; all streams; shallow groundwater areas; 1964 flood; steep slopes near water; ownership; roads)- Shallow Groundwater Map and Shallow Aquifer Handout
- Flathead River Channel Migration Zone Map. This study and associated maps shows potential movement of the Flathead River, from the Old Steel Bridge to Flathead Lake, for the next 100 years, based on analyses of historical aerial photos (link to Report)
- Flathead River Floods: 1964, 1975 and 1991 flood zones, Flathead County
- Aerial imagery and topographic data (including 2-feet interval contours) for the Flathead Valley region
- Flathead River Map – to order copies ($2 each) contact the Flathead Lakers at 883-1341 or email criticallands@flatheadlakers.org
- NEW! Interactive Flathead Watershed River Conditions map
Flathead Brochures 
- Birding Guide to Flathead Valley
- The Flathead is Bird Central! Visit the Flathead Important Bird Areas
- Common Native and Invasive Wetland Plants in Montana. Free copies are available from the Flathead Conservation District (406-752-4220) and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (406-752-2288).
Reports
- 2017 Flathead-Stillwater Watershed Restoration Plan by the Flathead Conservation District
- 2014 Flathead Lake Watershed Restoration Plan by the Flathead Lakers
- 2014 Flathead-Stillwater Planning Area Nutrient, Sediment, and Temperature TMDLs and Water Quality Improvement Plan, Montana Department of Environmental Quality
- 2012 River to Lake Initiative Analysis of Conservation Success, Flathead River, Montana
- 2010 Flathead River Channel Migration Zone Report (11MB)
- 2009 Critical Water Resources Report
- Bird Biodiversity in the Flathead River Basin: A Conservation Hotspot in the Yellowstone to Yukon Corridor, 2005, by Mahr and Jones, Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative and Montana State University Landscape Biodiversity Lab, Montana
- 2004 Critical Lands Status Report Update, The North Flathead Valley & The Flathead River Corridor, Flathead Basin, Montana
- 2002 Critical Lands Status Report and Maps