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…
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…
Two major milestones have paved the way for completing the Owen Sowerwine Conservation project. Funding to purchase a conservation easement on the 405-acre property was successfully secured last fall. Additionally, the Montana Land Board unanimously approved the purchase of the…
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…
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…
The Path to Permanently Protect Owen Sowerwine. Flathead Land Trust is building support for a conservation easement on the popular DNRC-owned natural area at the braided confluence of the Flathead and Stillwater rivers, by Tristan Scott, Flathead Beacon, October 27,…
Why Protect the Owen Sowerwine Property? Owen Sowerwine is a 400-acre haven in one of the most complex sections of the Flathead River. A purchased conservation easement would protect the property’s vital habitat, ensure public access, and provide revenue for…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 46 | Summer 2022. Bad Rock Canyon WMA celebration planned for next year | Walking tour of Rain Gardens very popular | Volunteers remove 5,100 pound of trash from Flathead Waters…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 45 | Spring 2022. New Somers Beach State Park opening ceremony | Farmland of national importance conserved near Columbia Falls | Flathead Land Trust fills new position | Kris Tempel's conservation…
