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Conservation in the Crown of the Continent

The Nature Conservancy & The Trust for Public Land to
Purchase and Conserve 312,000 acres of Forestland in Western Montana

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NEWS

Gollehons, Grizzlies and Grasslands:

A 5,900 acre conservation easement protects native grasslands and lets a third generation ranch family expand operations. (Read More)

Blackfoot Ranch Expands, Protects 7,500 Acres:
Three miles of Blackfoot riverfront, 14 miles of native
trout spawning tributaries protected (press release)

Funding for Wildlife Habitat Protection:
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation provides $13 million
to support conservation in five Rocky Mountain states
(press release)

Success: Fish Passage on the Tongue River
Threatened warm water fish using the Muggli Fish Bypass to
access traditional spawning areas.

Arctic grayling Film: Fish & Cow is film festival finalist
Fish & Cow portrays ranchers and conservationists who are restoring the Upper Big Hole fishery. Winner of the International Wildlife Film Festival's Montana Filmmaker Award. View the film.

Spring '08 Big Sky Landmarks

Download pp 1 - 8 (.pdf, 170 kb) pp 9 - 16 (.pdf, 408 kb)
• A Milestone for the Blackfoot
• Brodie & the bears of Willow Creek
• Happy River, Happy Ranch
• Good Energy at Pine Butte

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Places & Projects
"Good Energy" at Pine Butte: Solar, wind power and more: Staff are finding many ways to reduce the ranch's energy footprint

Blackfoot Valley
The Nature Conservancy has completed its purchase of 89,000 acres of Plum Creek Timber Company land as part of the Blackfoot Community Project.

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