In lieu of the popular Bike and Bird tour around Smith Lake Waterfowl Production Area this spring - led by Flathead Land Trust, Flathead Audubon, and other Flathead River to Lake Initiative partners - join us in a quick virtual…
The Sliters family is working with the Flathead Land Trust, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and other Flathead River to Lake Initiative partners to create a state park and public access site on their Somers' property, on the North Shore…
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.…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 39 | Spring 2020. New conservation easement protects Wiley Slough | Flathead Rain Gardens Initiative | Strong public support for proposed Somers Beach |
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…
Over 50 years of farming in the Flathead, Richard and Grace Blanchet witnessed the rapid loss of farmland in the Flathead Valley. In 2005 and 2006, the siblings donated conservation easements on their adjacent farms, a total of 320 acres…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 38 | Winter 2020. River to Lake News is an electronic quarterly newsletter. Sign up to receive quarterly news in your Inbox (scroll down to bottom of page).
Last December, the Flathead Land Trust presented their Conservation Leadership Award to Gael Bissell, current President of Flathead Audubon, and Constanza von der Pahlen, Flathead Lakers Critical Land Program Director, for their many years of dedicated work and significant achievements…
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…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 37 | Fall 2019. River to Lake News is an electronic quarterly newsletter. Sign up to receive quarterly news in your Inbox (scroll down to bottom of page).