Tag Archives: Land Conservation

Gallatin Valley Land Trust is partnering with the Schroeder family to conserve 955 acres of productive farmland in dryland agriculture. The Gallatin County Commission unanimously voted July 12, 2011 to approve funding this project through the Gallatin County Open Space … →

James Noel Smith, 73, left this world on June 15, 2011, after a long and courageous struggle with cancer. Born in Missoula on July 20, 1937, to James H. and Sadie Z. Smith, Jim was raised in Thompson Falls. Growing … →

Congress renewed a tax incentive that helps private landowners-especially working family farmers and ranchers-who protect their land with a voluntary conservation agreement. The incentive, which had expired at the end of 2009, helped GVLT work with willing landowners in our … →

GVLT is proud to announce its newest conservation easement on the Braaksma Farm, south of Churchill.  This 200-acre property contains fertile agricultural soils and high ridgelines visible from Norris Road.  The Braaksma family has farmed the land since 1938 and … →