Trust For Public Land

Thousands of acres of private timberlands in northwest Montana are now part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The U.S Interior Department announced the expansion Wednesday.

The easement would protect public access and recreation on private timberlands around the Thompson Chain of Lakes in Flathead, Lincoln and Sanders counties.

The Trust for Public Land says the working-forest conservation easement will allow for sustainable timber production, public access and recreation while ensuring protection of water quality and critical habitat.

Nearly 15,000 acres of land previously owned by a private logging and development company have been transferred to the Lolo National Forest.The two…

The owner of a large block of private timberland in northwest Montana says it’s likely done its last major land sale after a deal announced this week.…

Last week, federal officials announced a proposal maintaining public access on 100,000 acres of private timber lands in northwest Montana belonging to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national…

Conservationists threw a party Saturday to celebrate permanent land protections in the Haskill Basin watershed east of Whitefish.Until recently, roughly…

The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) snuck its way into the federal spending bill passed by Congress before the holiday break, renewing the…