The Missoula County Parks, Trails and Open Lands Program is gathering information about the benefits of the program, and is also examining a proposal to help fund conservation of a 596-acre ranch in the Potomac area. From the Missoulian article: “This project would conserve working lands as well as wildlife habitat and open space,“ said Kali Becher, the natural resource specialist for the county’s Parks, Trails and Open Lands program. “There is a small wetland area in the lower portions of the ranch. It’s currently undeveloped land and contains a lot of agricultural land and valuable timber land.” The easement is being coordinated by the Five Valleys Land Trust.
