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…
This online auction includes fun and exclusive Flathead Valley outdoor experiences with all funding going towards the purchase of the Bad Rock Canyon Conservation property so it can become a public accessible wildlife management area. Bidding ends on April 30…
Welcome to the quarterly River to Lake newsletter. Issue 42 | Spring 2021. Bidding for Bad Rock online auction ends April 30 | Spring Bad Rock Canyon project tours | Conservation project protects Reed’s Slough | Bike and Bird tour…
Thank you to everyone who has donated to the Flathead Land Trust and the Flathead Lakers to ensure we have the funding to purchase the Bad Rock project property. We are so excited to let you know that pending a…
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…
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 |
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…
The Flathead River Conservation Project is Funded! Thanks to the support of our numerous partners, their members, and foundations, we raised the $128,000 needed to protect this special place! Click here to read more. Help us conserve this exceptional wetlands…
A new conservation easement project this spring helped protect 45 wetland acres on the North Shore of Flathead Lake! Linda and David Kurfess, in partnership with Flathead Land Trust, placed a conservation easement on 45-acres of their property along the…
