April 28 – Spring tree planting event seeking volunteers
Join River Steward partners to plant native trees along the Flathead River. Learn about riparian planting and river restoration, and enjoy some spring air.
April 30 – Ties to the Land: Succession Planning for Landowners Workshop
Keeping Family Forests and Farms in the Family This is a tremendous opportunity for landowners to learn how to effectively plan your legacy with your family’s goals and values in mind. Many landowners want to preserve their family lands but…
Ranching for Rivers Funding Opportunity
The Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Montana is offering cost-share funding for ranchers through their Ranching for Rivers program to support landowners who wish to improve riparian grazing and pastures and protect water quality in streams and rivers. The…
R2L News Spring 2018
R2L News Spring 2018: West Valley Wetlands Conservation Project • Volunteers needed to monitor Owen Sowerwine Natural Area • Ranching for Rivers Funding Opportunity • New Flathead River to Lake Initiative website • NRCS District Conservationist Angel Rosario retires •…
Why are we planting trees along rivers?
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…
Look up in the skies for Trumpeter Swans
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…
Key stopover wetlands for Sandhill cranes protected
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…
2017 Newsletters
R2L News Dec 2017 • Key stopover wetlands for Sandhill cranes protected • Columbia Falls community recreation project launched • Volunteers plant native trees along Ashley Creek • West Valley Tour showcased Sandhill cranes and conservation project • New Flathead Watershed Sourcebook…
2016 Newsletters
R2L News Dec 2016. 2016 land conservation accomplishments summary • Flathead Land Trust raising funds to protect key Sandhill Crane habitat and farmland • 2016 riparian restoration accomplishments • Fish, Wildlife and Parks headwaters conservation • Flathead River Commission seeks funding to improve Flathead…
Trumbull Creek easement project protects 7,000 acres
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…