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Fish and Cow: Restoring the Upper Big Hole River : September 04, 2007
A new film from the Conservancy features ranchers who are working with conservationists to restore the Upper Big Hole fishery in Western Montana.

Ranchers Stewardship Alliance leads effort to plan for Phillips County future : February 23, 2007
In northern Montana's Phillips County, ranchers are taking the lead in collaborative efforts to plan for the region's future.

Ranch rich in grizzlies protected on the Front : February 01, 2007
A 4,354-acre working ranch on the Rocky Mountain Front has been protected from future development by a Nature Conservancy conservation easement.

Conservancy purchases the Murphy Creek Ranch : February 01, 2007
A stunning, biologically-significant ranch in the Centennial Valley is now owned by The Nature Conservancy.

4,177-acre ranch protected on the Front : November 30, 2006
The Ingersoll family has signed a conservation easement protecting their wildlife-rich ranch on Montana's southern Rocky Mountain Front.

New law increases incentives for conservation : August 24, 2006
The Pension Protection Act of 2006, recently signed by President Bush, includes tax incentives that benefit landowners who sign conservation agreements on their land.

Landscape on the Edge: The Rocky Mountain Front : August 09, 2006
The Conservancy has a new DVD, called "Landscape on the Edge," that addresses threats to the Rocky Mountain Front and the tools landowners can use to protect their lands and livelihoods.

Comertown prairie protected : December 01, 2005
A significant swath of native prairie in northeastern Montana has been protected, thanks to some forward-thinking landowners.

Dooling family protects their land and lifestyle : November 30, 2005
The Doolings signed a conservation easement with the Conservancy that forever protects their 6,300-acre ranch in the Big Hole Valley of southwestern Montana.

Blackfoot Community Project Land Purchases Complete : November 29, 2005
One of Montana's most ambitious conservation projects, the 88,000-acre Blackfoot Community Project, is on track with more Plum Creek land purchases and re-sales.

The future looks bright for the Front : November 08, 2005
High landowner demand for conservation easements on the Front bodes well for protecting this magnificent area from future development.

New book features conservation on the Front : November 08, 2005
Groundswell, a new book published by the Trust for Public Land, features the Conservancy's Rocky Mountain Front Advisory Committee.

Crown of the Continent by Ralph Waldt - The Last Great Wilderness of the Rocky Mountains : September 12, 2005
Ralph Waldt has put his 30-plus years of observations of the natural world into his first book: Crown of the Continent, The Last Great Wilderness of the Rocky Mountains.

Friend of Fish : December 01, 2004
An eastern Montana irrigator teams up with the Conservancy and agencies to remove barriers that have kept warm water fish from accessing their traditional spawning habitats.

Blackfoot project continues to receive federal funding : November 29, 2004
The Blackfoot Community Project continues to receive federal funding for community-supported land conservation efforts aimed at conserving access, grazing, natural resources and a rural way of life.

Grizzly Gulch : July 06, 2001
The Kratt Brothers have teamed up with The Nature Conservancy of Montana to conserve grizzly habitat along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front

Getting the best of weeds : July 19, 2004
If not held in check, noxious weeds could ruin the Rocky Mountain Front, home to generations of ranch families and incomparable wildlife. So, landowners, agencies and The Nature Conservancy are ...

the Blackfoot Community Project : July 09, 2004
The Nature Conservancy is working with the Blackfoot Challenge, a landowner watershed organization, to purchase and re-sell thousands of acres of Plum Creek timber lands in a way that conserves the ...

Hess family signs conservation agreement : July 09, 2004
The Hess family wanted to keep their Centennial Valley ranch property in the family, so they signed a voluntary conservation agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with assistance from the ...

Conservation in the Centennial takes big leap forward : July 09, 2004
Landowners in the Centennial Valley have chosen voluntary conservation agreements to help keep their lands in the family.

Grassbanking a novel approach to prairie conservation : July 09, 2004
Ranchers in northeastern Montana are grazing their cattle on the Conservancy's Matador Ranch in exchange for conservation practices on their home ranches.

Keeping it wild : June 29, 2004
Landowners donate conservation easement on key grizzly area on the Rocky Mountain Front

Huntsmans protect their Centennial ranchland : June 23, 2006
Huntsman family has protected their ranchland in the Centennial Valley with Nature Conservancy conservation easements.

Home to the big bruins: the Rappold Ranch : June 29, 2004
The Rappolds continue to take steps to prevent their family ranch, an area regularly used by grizzlies, from future development.

Room to roam: the Crown of the Continent : June 29, 2004
The "Crown of the Continent"is a roughly 10-million-acre area spanning the Rockies -- from the Blackfoot River Valley north to Calgary, Alberta. Now conservationists on both sides of the border are ...

The Saiers do their part to conserve the Centennial : October 23, 2001
Volker and Lois Saier have signed a conservation easement with the Conservancy covering 800 acres of their Centennial Valley property.

Prairie Wings: Prairie Birds are in Peril : April 06, 2001
The Nature Conservancy names the "Unlucky Thirteen" species of priaire birds in peril, nine of which are found in Montana.

Conservancy steps up efforts to keep good stewards on the land : April 06, 2001
In this column, state director Jamie Williams discuss how, through our conservation campaign, the Conservancy is working with local communities to conserve Montana's special places in ways that ...

Starting from Scratch: The Adventures of a Lady Dude Rancher : February 20, 2001
This article is about a new book written by Alice Gleason, who along with her husband Kenneth, started the Circle 8 Dude Ranch in the 1930s along the Rocky Mountain Front west of Choteau, Montana. ...

The Olsons: Dedicated to the Conservation of the Front : February 20, 2001
In 1985, the Olsons sold their ranch to The Nature Conservancy to become part of the Pine Butte Swamp Preserve. Today their dedication to conservation continues; they sold a conservation easement to ...

Landowner Protects Largest Tract of Private Land in the North Fork : December 27, 2000
The largest tract of private land in the wildlife rich North Fork has been protected from subdivisions, thanks to a conservation easement on approximately 1,227 acres of Tom Ladenburg's Rocky Bar O ...