Land and water advocates this week celebrated a community-based conservation effort on the doorstep of Glacier National Park, ...

Horseshoe Lake in Thompson River Chain of Lakes, Montana (Photo by Getty Images). For generations, the vast private timberlands across Lincoln County have been the lifeblood of the local economy and ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Land Board purchased a 32,891-acre conservation easement in the Salish and Cabinet Mountains between Kalispell and Libby. The easement is phase one of a potentially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 19—Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks approved the purchase of a 52,930-acre conservation easement in the Cabinet Mountains ...

Nearly 33,000 acres west of Kalispell are slated for permanent protection under a conservation easement being considered by the Montana Land Board next week. The Land Board will either confirm or deny ...

Vicky and Myron Mast, local farmers in Creston, recently placed their land under a conservation easement. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Carolyn Kohrs, center, stands for a portrait with her children, ...

The Montana Land Board has approved multiple projects expected to generate $545,000 in revenue for the state's trust ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is accepting public comment on a project in northwest Montana to place 33,000 acres of private timberland under a conservation easement. The project ...

Nearly 4,500 acres of working agricultural land and rich wildlife habitat in Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front region will be protected from subdivision and new development after The Vital Ground Foundat ...

The primary criticism of Habitat Montana centers on land purchases. FWP’s acquisition of entire ranches has met resistance to growing the state’s estate. In 2015 lawmakers took away FWP’s authority to ...