Since 1996, the Bitter Root Land Trust has been working closely with landowners, farming and ranching families, partner organizations, local businesses, and community members to protect the extraordinary rural landscape and open lands that make this region of western Montana so special. This includes family farms and ranches, clean drinking water and healthy fisheries, pristine wildlife habitat, and public access to recreation – fishing, hunting, hiking, riding, and connecting with nature.

Five Valleys Land Trust’s vision is to protect for future generations western Montana’s natural legacy – river corridors, wildlife habitat, agricultural lands, and community open spaces. The Five Valleys they serve are the Bitterroot, the Blackfoot, the upper Clark Fork, the lower Clark Fork, and the Mission-Jocko. Five Valleys works with communities, private landowners, governments, and other partners to protect these natural treasures for the benefit of this and future generations.

Flathead Land Trust works to protect a legacy of the beautiful tapestry of the Flathead’s lakes, rivers, farms and forests, all vital to common natural heritage. These endowments are fundamental to the “Flathead Way of Life,” as well as to the community’s prosperity and economic vitality. Flathead Land Trust wants to ensure that generations to come will have opportunities to live, work and play on this rich land.

Gallatin Valley Land Trust connects people, communities, and open lands through conservation of working farms and ranches, healthy rivers, and wildlife habitat, and the creation of trails in the Montana headwaters of the Missouri and Upper Yellowstone Rivers. The vision of GVLT is to conserve open space on a scale that maintains the agricultural heritage, healthy and abundant wildlife habitats, clean flowing waters, and the scenic beauty of Montana’s greater Yellowstone region, now and for all future generations, while also developing extensive trail systems that connect communities to their surrounding natural lands and to each other.

Prickly Pear Land Trust is committed to the belief that open space is essential to the well-being of all communities. Spacious views, abundant wildlife, and recreational opportunities renew and revitalize spirits. Maintaining traditional agricultural lands preserves Montana’s cultural heritage. PPLT seeks to preserve and protect the rural character of the Prickly Pear Valley and adjoining lands in Lewis and Clark, Jefferson, Broadwater and Powell counties through voluntary and cooperative means, connecting people to their natural surroundings though trails and access to public lands.

Driven by the core values of conservation, connection, and community, Kaniksu Land Trust works to conserve the forests, farmlands, mountains, and valleys of Idaho and Montana through collective caring for the land and water.

With unmatched expertise in structuring land deals and a ready pool of capital, The Conservation Fund can step in to buy threatened wildlife habitat, working forests, farmland and other vital conservation properties when public and private conservation partners cannot move quickly enough. TCF holds the land until our partners can secure funding, then resell it to them for permanent protection.

Trust for Public Land works alongside communities across the country to create, protect, and steward the nature-rich places that are vital to human well-being. In Montana, TPL is working with local communities across the state to identify and protect the lands Montanans love most. These projects not only complement the existing network of public land, but create recreational access, preserve historic trails, and protect critical habitat for wildlife.

As a land trust, Vital Ground Foundation completes land purchases and partners with private landowners on conservation agreements for their properties. They also partner with community organizations and agencies to prevent conflicts between bears and people. Vital Ground’s projects keep wild places wild, working lands working, and open spaces open. Since 1990, Vital Ground has helped protect and enhance just over 1 million acres of habitat.

The Nature Conservancy has been working in Montana for more than 40 years to protect the lands and waters on which all life depends, including freshwater conservation, protection of prairies and grassland habitat in the Northern Great Plains, and forest restoration.