Owen Sowerwine Permanently Protected: Conservation Victory Secures Sanctuary, Funds Education
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…
Breaking News – January
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…
Egan Slough Conservation Easement Protects Creston Soils and Wetlands
This January, the Flathead Land Trust worked with Charles and Renate Jaquette to place a conservation easement on their 497-acre farm. The farm borders Egan Slough, an old oxbow wetland connected to the Flathead River, north of Flathead Lake. The…
The Montana Land Reliance Partners with Creston Farmer to Permanently Protect Historic Farm
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…
Flathead River in Paint Auction a Success!
The Flathead River in Paint event and auction raised over $18,000 from the sale of 21 paintings completed by 13 artists in “plein air” on conserved lands along the Flathead River and north shore of Flathead Lake. Half of these…
Bad Rock Canyon Conservation project completed!
On December 21, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) finalized the purchase of 772 acres of intact forestland along the Flathead River near Columbia Falls from former landowner Columbia Falls Aluminum Company (CFAC), a subsidiary of Glencore, Inc. FWP will…
Friendly Fences on Ashley Creek: Benefits for Water and Wildlife
Terese Lipinski Kashi grew up on Ashley Creek, and remembers fishing for native trout and observing a diversity of wildlife on her property. She has watched the pace of development increase in the Flathead Valley, and pressures on the land…
Somers Beach State Park is now reality
This October, MT Fish, Wildlife and Parks purchased 106-acres near Somers and along the north shore of Flathead Lake - an expansive sandy beach at low lake levels (from fall till spring), and safe and fun shallow waters to swim…